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Lamb Meatballs with Shirazi Salad
May 28, 2024
Grilled Persian style lamb meatballs paired with a stunning Shirazi salad that can be served with flatbread or rice makes the perfect summer’s eve dinner.
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To make my lamb meatballs with Shirazi salad we're going to start by making the salad so
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it has time to marinate. So you're going to take a whole cucumber and slice it down the
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middle then take a teaspoon and we're going to use that to take out all the watery seeds
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and just discard those once you're done. Then working lengthways again we're going to slice
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the cucumber into thin strips and then cut these into small dices. Next we're going to
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finely chop half a red onion then we're going to move on to the tomatoes. With these we're
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going to quarter and then we're going to cut those quarters in half. Then we're going to
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finely chop the parsley and the coriander or mint if you're using and then we're ready
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to compile the salad. Into a large bowl we're going to add the cucumber, tomatoes, red onion
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parsley, coriander or mint, the lime juice and your salt and pepper. Then we're just going to
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toss that really really well together and then cover that and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes
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You want it all to marinate in that lime juice. Now it's time to move on to the meatballs. So
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you're going to start with putting two onions into your mini food chopper or grate them. Either
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way you want them really nice and fine so they cook through properly and soften in the meatballs
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If you're using a mini food chopper just whiz until very finely chopped. Then you're going to
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want to put your lamb mince into a large mixing bowl along with the onion, your salt and pepper
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and then using your hands you're just going to work it all together until it's really really
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well mixed. Now using the lamb mixture you're going to make your meatballs about an inch and
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a half wide and you'll probably get about 22-23 meatballs from it. Then just add them straight to
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your baking tray. I like to use a rack so all the fat drains away. Oh I did forget though to spray
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it with oil, either spray or brush it with oil so they don't stick. Then pop them under your grill
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or broiler set to high and cook for eight minutes. Then turn them over and cook for a further seven
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to eight minutes until they've got a lovely char all around
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