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🍽️ Baked Lamb Meatballs with Tomatoes and Zucchini
376 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 3 garlic cloves
- 20 g parsley (1 bunch)
- 600 g minced lamb meat
- 1 small organic lemon (zested peel)
- 2 eggs
- 100 g whole wheat breadcrumbs
- salt
- pepper
- 1 onion
- 3 zucchini
- 250 g cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 125 ml meat broth
- 400 g chopped tomatoes (can)
- nutmeg
Instructions
- 1. Peel one clove of garlic and chop it very finely.
- 2. Wash the parsley, shake it dry, and chop it finely.
- 3. Place the minced meat, chopped garlic, two tablespoons of parsley, lemon zest, eggs, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper into a bowl.
- 4. Knead the ingredients together by hand until you have a uniform meat mixture.
- 5. Let the meat mixture rest for one to two minutes.
- 6. If the mixture is too wet, knein in one or two more tablespoons of breadcrumbs.
- 7. Wet your hands with a little water.
- 8. Shape the meat mixture into small, uniform balls.
- 9. Peel one onion and the remaining garlic clove(s).
- 10. Finely chop the onion and the garlic.
- 11. Wash the zucchini and slice it into thick rounds.
- 12. Wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them in half.
- 13. Heat oil in a large frying pan.
- 14. Sauté the onion and garlic over low heat until they become translucent.
- 15. Add the zucchini slices to the pan.
- 16. Cook the vegetables together for one to two minutes.
- 17. Deglaze the vegetables with the broth.
- 18. Stir in the chopped tomatoes.
- 19. Bring the sauce to a boil.
- 20. Reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for one to two minutes.
- 21. Remove the pan from the heat.
- 22. Season the sauce generously with salt, pepper, and freshly grated nutmeg.
- 23. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius conventional heat (or 180 degrees Celsius fan-forced).
- 24. Place the meatballs into a baking dish.
- 25. Spread the tomato and zucchini sauce evenly over the meatballs.
- 26. Add the halved cherry tomatoes to the dish as well.
- 27. Bake the meatballs in the oven for about 30 minutes.
- 28. Sprinkle the finished dish with the remaining fresh parsley.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 376
- Protein: 43 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 23 g