Speedy Moroccan meatballs

Speedy Moroccan meatballs

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins

Easy

Serves 4
A great twist on meatballs for a quick and tasty supper

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal388
  • fat25g
  • saturates9g
  • carbs24g
  • sugars17g
  • fibre6g
  • protein18g
  • salt1.58g
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 350g pack ready-made beef or chicken meatballs (approx 16)
    Beef

    Beef

    bee-f

    The classic cut of meat for a British Sunday roast, beef is full of flavour, as well as being a…

  • 1 large onion, sliced
    Onion

    Onion

    un-yun

    Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…

  • 100g dried apricot, halved
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

    sin-ah-mun

    A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…

  • 400g tin chopped tomato with garlic
    Tomato

    Tomato

    toe-mart-oh

    A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…

  • 25g toasted flaked almond
  • handful coriander, roughly chopped

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan, then fry the meatballs for 10 mins, turning occasionally until cooked through. Scoop out of the pan and set aside, then cook the onion for 5 mins, until softened.

  2. Add the dried apricots, cinnamon stick, tomatoes and half a can of water to the pan, then bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins. Remove the cinnamon stick. Return the meatballs to the pan and coat well with the tomato sauce. Serve sprinkled with the almonds and coriander.

  • Recipe Tip

    Using ground cinnamon

    If you don’t have any cinnamon sticks, use a good pinch of ground cinnamon instead.

  • Recipe Tip

    Making a Chicken tagine

    Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan and fry 4 sliced skinless chicken breasts, for 3-4 mins until cooked through. Remove, then continue with the above recipe from stage 2. Return chicken to the pan, then simmer for 10 mins before serving as above.

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wizzi_100
6th Aug, 2019
3.05
A bit meh, edible but quite plain. Cooked exactly as per recipe and served with pasta.
CaroE
15th Jul, 2019
4.05
I used ready-made turkey meatballs which can be cooked in the oven (about 20 mins). I rolled them in some harissa spice mix and popped them in the oven while I did the sauce (and could have used ras-al-hanout). A bit more spice mix into the sauce gave it a lift, and contrasted well with the sweetness of the apricots. A really nice weekday meal.
Alinar2
27th Nov, 2018
5.05
Delicious.
heather444
17th May, 2017
4.05
Really flavoursome with all the different spices. Quick, easy, tasty and reheats well. Will be cooking this again soon I'm sure.
llaura
27th Feb, 2017
5.05
Excellent recipe, you won't be disappointed
emmabin
12th Jan, 2017
5.05
Fabulous recipe! Really easy and fast and can't really go wrong with it! I always add two tins of toms instead of one. Also I usually use ground cinnamon and we tend to always have that in. Usually use about 1tbp. Great for lunch the day after too!
anna2705
11th Jan, 2017
5.05
Made this last night and they got a massive thumbs up from everyone! Will be cooking time and time again. Used ready made meatballs and added cumin and chilli flakes to the sauce, as well as a red pepper to bulk it out a bit - delish!
jessbaz
18th Jun, 2016
Absolutely delicious and so easy to make. I used Moroccan breadcrumbs which added so much flavour to the meatballs. I've recommended this recipe to a number of friends.
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pandorcia
8th Mar, 2016
My husband's new favourite dish :) I added some salt, 1tsp of mixed spice and 1 tbsp of harissa paste to the sauce, and also instead of just apricots I added dried fruit mix (about 300g - hubby's got a sweet tooth). I also made my own meatballs - used "Spicy meatballs" recipe, found on this website too. It goes great with lemon, pistachio & mint couscus :)
cforsey
20th Jul, 2014
Lovely Saturday night quick meal, however the sauce didn't go far and my husband and I polished off the whole pan! The sauce was missing something, not sure what though. I added cumin as advised, would make again but probably experiment again with different spices.

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