Lebanese meatballs in tomato sauce with white bean hummus

Made by Jeroen De Pauw 📺 in ‘Fast, Easy & Delicious’
  • < 15 min
  • Easy
  • Meat
  • Mediterranean
  • Side dish

Ingredients

4 persons

  • 500 grams ground lamb
  • 1 hey
  • 1 tablespoon za'atar
  • 1 bushel cilantro
  • 1 bushel parsley
  • 690 milliliters ELVEA Tomato Pulp
  • 1 clove garlic, finely minced
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 0.5 chili pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ras el hanout
  • 250 grams of white beans
  • 1 teaspoon tahini
  • Citroën
  • 100 grams of chickpeas
  • 1 handful of blanched almonds
  • pepper
  • salt
  • olive oil

Preparation

  1. 1

    Chop the stems of the cilantro and parsley finely. Mix the ground lamb with the egg, za'atar, herb stems, pepper, and salt.

  2. 2

    Roll the meatballs from the ground meat mixture and fry them in a drizzle of oil in a pan over the heat. When the meatballs are almost cooked, add the garlic, shallots, chili pepper, and ras-el-hanout. Let them cook for a bit, then deglaze the pan with the polpa.

  3. 3

    For the hummus, blend the white beans with the tahini, lemon juice, a generous glug of olive oil, salt, and pepper until smooth.

  4. 4

    For the herb oil, mix the cilantro leaves and parsley leaves with a generous amount of olive oil, pepper, and salt.

  5. 5

    Spread the hummus on plates and smooth it out. Distribute the meatballs and tomato sauce over it. Finish with chickpeas, almonds, and the herb oil.

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