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🍽️ Orientalic Meatballs with Cherries

457 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 g Sour cherries
• 350 g Beef mince
• 30 g Wholemeal breadcrumbs (2 tbsp)
• 1 Egg yolk
• Salt
• Pepper
• 0.5 tsp ground cumin
• 0.5 tsp ground coriander
• 0.5 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground allspice
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Shallot
• 15 g Butter (1 tbsp)
• 2 Cloves
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 80 ml Cherry juice
• 200 g Wholemeal pita (or wholemeal flatbread)

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the sour cherries thoroughly.
2. 2. Halve the cherries and remove the pits.
3. 3. Mix the minced meat with the breadcrumbs, egg yolk, salt, pepper, and ground spices.
4. 4. Shape the meat mixture into 12 balls, each about 3 centimeters in diameter.
5. 5. Heat oil in a frying pan.
6. 6. Fry the meatballs on all sides for about 7 to 8 minutes over medium heat.
7. 7. Remove the meatballs from the pan.
8. 8. Let the meatballs drain on kitchen paper.
9. 9. Peel the shallot.
10. 10. Dice the shallot finely.
11. 11. Heat butter in the same pan.
12. 12. Sauté the shallot cubes over low heat for 3 minutes.
13. 13. Add the cherries, cloves, and cinnamon stick to the pan.
14. 14. Drizzle the mixture with honey.
15. 15. Caramelize the ingredients for 2 minutes.
16. 16. Deglaze the pan with cherry juice.
17. 17. Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes over low heat.
18. 18. Remove the whole spices from the sauce.
19. 19. Lightly crush the cherries in the sauce.
20. 20. Return the meatballs to the sauce.
21. 21. Simmer everything for another 4 minutes.
22. 22. Serve the meatballs with bread.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 457
• Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 24 g · Carbs: 40 g