Email to Linda Leone      

Recipe Categories: Leone's HOME PAGEALCOHOL Allergiesanddietconcerns APPETIZERS BBQ-GRILL BEVERAGES BREAD BREADINGandBATTERS BREAKFAST BUTTERS CAKE CANDY CANNING CASSEROLES CHEESE CHINA CONDIMENTS CONFECTIONARY COOKIES CRACKERS CULTURESandFERMENTS DAIRY DANISH DESSERTS DIPS DRESSING DUMPLINGS ECONOMY EGGS ETHNIC EXTRACTS FATBLOCKERS FILLINGS FINLAND FIREPIT FISHandSHELLFISH FLOWERS FREEZING FROSTING-ICING FRUIT GAME GARNISHES GERMANandDUTCH GLUTENFREE GRAINS HEALTHYFOODTIPS HERBS HISPANIC ICECREAM INFORMATION ITALIAN JAMSandJELLIES KITCHEN-CRAFTS LEGUMES MAINDISH MARINADES MEATS MOUSSEsavory NATIVEAMERICAN NORWEGIAN NUTS OIL OLD-TIME-COOKERY PASTA PASTRIES PHILIPPINES PIE PLANTS-EDIBLE POULTRY PUTTING_BY REGIONALUSA RICE SALADandDRESSING SALADS SALTFREE SANDWICHES SAUCES SCANDINAVIAN SEASONING SIDEDISH SMOKER SNACKS SOUPSandSTEWS SOUTHERN-USA SPICE SPREADS STUFFINGandDRESSING SUBSTITUTES SUGARS SWEDISH SYRUPS TOPPINGS VEGETABLES VEGETARIAN VINAIGRETTE WRAPS

Lamb Meatballs




Source of Recipe


Unknown


List of Ingredients




2 1/2 pounds ground lamb
2 1/2 tablespoons sea salt
2 cups fine bread crumbs
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 spicy long red chilies, pierced with a sharp knife
1 28-ounce can peeled whole tomatoes, drained, trimmed, and squished with your hands
1/2 cup whole-milk Greek-style yogurt
4 large eggs
Small handful mint leaves
Small handful small, delicate cilantro sprigs
Splash extra virgin olive oil


Recipe



Toss the lamb well with the salt, then add the bread crumbs and toss again. Take a bit of the mixture in your hand, give it a few firm but still rather gently squeezes, and roll it in a ball (you're shooting for each one to be a little bigger than a golf ball). The outside of the each ball should be smooth, with no big cracks or crags. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
Add the oil to a 8 or 9 quart Dutch oven with a lid, set the pan over high heat, and swirl the oil in the pan. When it just begins to smoke, cook the meatballs in batches to avoid crowding, turning them occasionally with tongs, so they develop a beautiful, shiny, deep-brown crust on all sides. If you see any black spots, turn your heat down a little. Keep at it until you are happy with the colour of each one, transferring them to a plate when they finish browning. It'll take 12 to 15 minutes per batch. Drain half the fat remaining in the pot.
Lower the heat to medium-high, add the onion, garlic and salt, and cook, stirring often, until the onion is soft and lightly browned and the garlic smells toasty and is a deep golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the coriander, cumin and chilies and cook for a minute, stirring constantly. Turn the heat to low, add the tomatoes and simmer gently until the tomatoes begin to stick to the bottom of the pot, about 10 minutes.
Add 4 cups of water and raise the heat to bring the sauce to a boil, then turn it down to maintain a gentle simmer and cook for 5 minutes more. Transfer 2 cups of the sauce to the blender, give it a whiz until it's smooth and airy, and stir it back into the sauce in the pot, or use an immersion blender.
Return the meatballs and their juices to the pot and stir gently to coat them in the sauce. Cover the pot, tweak the heat if need be to maintain a gentle simmer, and cook for about 30 minutes to let the flavors come together.
Turn the heat to low, add blobs of the yogurt, and crack the eggs here and there into the sauce. Tear and sprinkle in the mint leaves and cilantro, and add a good drizzle of olive oil. Cover the pot and turn the heat to medium. Cook until the egg whites have just set, 10 to 15 minutes.