Moroccan Spiral Meatball Zucchini Bake
Recipe video above. I love recipes like this - everyday ingredients used in a different way to make something new and interesting! Moroccan-spiced lamb meatballs are baked in a striking spiral arrangement with zucchini and capsicum in a bubbly garlicky tomato sauce. You will be impressed at how soft
Ingredients
4 servings
Instructions
- Toss Vegetables, mix Sauce. Make meatball mixture, roll and squish 16 meatballs, wedge between zucchini rounds, tuck capsicum in. Pour over sauce, bake 35 minutes at 200°C/375°F (180°C fan).
- Preheat oven to 200°C/375°F (180°C fan-forced).
- Toss capsicum and zucchini with the oil, salt and pepper in a bowl, and set aside.
- Sauce - Mix the sauce ingredients in a small jug or bowl.
- Meatball mixture - Put the breadcrumbs in a bowl and grate the onion over. Toss with fingertips to wet the breadcrumbs with the onion juices. Then add remaining meatball ingredients and the Moroccan spice mix. Mix well with your hands.
- Roll & squish - Roll the mixture into 16 balls then squish slightly to 1.5cm / 0.6" thickness (~2.5 tbsp/45g each), about the size of (or slightly larger than) the zucchini rounds.
- Stand upright with a zucchini round wedged and arrange in a 26cm/10.5" round cast-iron pan (or baking dish of similar size). I do them in a ring then use the rest to fill in the middle. Arrange loosely because next we wedge the capsicum in between wherever you can. Fill the whole pan so everything holds each other up, and use as much capsicum & zucchini as you can (you might have leftover). There are NO RULES with arrangement here, make this your own delicious artwork! :)
- Pour sauce over everything, aiming to pour some over everything as best you can. Drizzle all over with about 1 tbsp olive oil.
- Bake for 35 minutes until the surface of the meatballs are nicely browned.
- Serve with flatbreads or garlic rice, being sure to spoon plenty of the delicious sauce over everything!
Nutrition per serving
Protein24g
Carbs10g
Fat40g
495kcal
24gProtein
10gCarbs
40gFat
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$1698.00
$1698.00
Per Serving
$425.00/serving
$425.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$3396.00 vs buying!
~$3396.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (87% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| panko breadcrumbs | 0.5 cup | $120.00 |
| onion | 0.5 | $25.00 |
| / 1 lb lamb mince | 500 g | $1100.00 |
| egg | 1 | $55.00 |
| arlic cloves | 2 g | $3.00 |
| pretty finely chopped parsley | 0.25 cup | $153.00 |
| cumin powder | 1 tsp | $36.00 |
| coriander power | 1 tsp | $54.00 |
| paprika | 1 tsp | $26.00 |
| cinnamon powder | 0.25 tsp | $7.00 |
| cayenne pepper | 0.25 tsp | $4.00 |
| cooking salt / kosher salt | 0.75 tsp | $1.00 |
| fat zucchinis / courgettes | 2 | - |
| or 1 1/2 regular red capsicum | 1 large | $13.00 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 0.5 tbsp | $17.00 |
| each salt and pepper | 0.25 tsp | $6.00 |
| arlic cloves | 2 g | $3.00 |
| tomato paste | 1 tbsp | $3.00 |
| extra virgin olive oil | 2 tbsp | $69.00 |
| warm tap water | 0.5 cup | - |
| each salt and pepper | 0.125 tsp | $3.00 |
| Plain yogurt | - | - |
| Flatbreads | - | - |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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