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Lamb meatballs with sour cherries, pomegranates & pistachios

This tastes even better than it looks, trust us! - by Amy Sinclair
  • 24 May 2019
Lamb meatballs with sour cherries, pomegranates & pistachios
Prep: 25 Minutes - Cook: 40 Minutes - Easy - Serves 6
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Do try to get dried sour cherries for this. You need a balance of sweet and sour in this delicious lamb meatballs with sour cherries, pomegranates & pistachios recipe.

Ingredients

1½ tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp chopped coriander

2 tbsp chopped parsley

2 tbsp very roughly chopped pistachios

2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

For the meatballs

1.2kg lamb mince

1 small red onion, grated

4 garlic cloves, grated

1 red chilli, deseeded and very finely chopped

1 lemon, zested

50g fresh white breadcrumbs

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp ground allspice

3 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp fine salt (you may need more)

For the sauce

75g dried sour cherries

100ml pomegranate juice

1 large onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

100ml red wine

250ml lamb stock

½ tbsp pomegranate molasses

½ cinnamon stick

2 bay leaves

Method

  1. Put all the ingredients for the meatballs in a large bowl and mix them together with your hands, really pummelling the meat so that the spices and seasoning get well mixed in. Using wet hands, form the meat into 24 balls just a little bigger than a walnut.

  2. As you form these, put them on to a baking sheet or a tray. Cover them and put in the fridge for 45 mins or so to firm up.

  3. For the sauce, put the cherries and the pomegranate juice in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Take the pan off the heat and leave the cherries to sit in the warm liquid and plump up for 40 mins or so.

  4. Heat 1/2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs in batches (they will give off lots of oil when frying). Transfer to a plate as each lot are browned. Remember you aren’t cooking these through, just browning them. Gently fry the onion in 1 tbsp oil in a large shallow casserole or deep frying pan until pale gold. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of mins, then add the wine, stock, pomegranate molasses, cinnamon and bay. Add the cherries, too – they should have absorbed nearly all of the pomegranate juice.

  5. Put the meatballs back in the pan. Bring the sauce to just under boiling, then turn the heat down low, season well, cover the pan and cook for 15 mins. Take the lid off and cook for another 15 mins. You should have a nice sauce around the meatballs, but if it seems too thin, remove the meatballs and reduce the sauce by boiling it, then put the meatballs back in.

  6. Taste for seasoning – you should consider the sweetness as well as the saltiness – and adjust it if you need to (sometimes I add a teaspoon of honey at this stage, or a little more pomegranate molasses). Scatter with the herbs, pistachios and pomegranate seeds to finish.

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Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair is the editor of New Idea Food. She is a former weekly magazine editor who loves all things food, cooking and eating - especially the eating! When she's not looking after her three children, you'll find her in the kitchen or busily hiding online shopping purchases from her husband.

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