Indian Lamb Meatballs With Red Wine Food

LAMB MEATBALLS WITH INDIAN CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Start the rice if making.
• Place ground lamb, shallot, garlic, salt, garam masala and mint in a bowl and mix well, using your hands. Using wet hands, form into 1 ½ inch wide balls. ( about 10 meatballs)
• Heat a large skillet with olive oil. Begin searing the lamb meatballs, until most sides are nicely browned, about 10 minutes. ( You can finish cooking them through in the sauce, so just brown them at this point)
• At the same time you could start the sauce ( or wait and use the same pan).
• Heat ghee in a skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and cook 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and ginger and cook two more minutes. Add all the spices and then the tomato and its juices. Cook 1 minutes. Add the coconut milk and simmer gently for 3-4 minutes. Add the sugar, salt and cayenne. Taste and adjust salt and heat.
• Add the lamb meatballs to the sauce, coating well. Simmer gently until the lamb meatballs are cooked through ( 5-10 minutes). Serve over your choice of rice, cauliflower rice, or baby spinach.

RED WINE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, cornstarch and allspice, tossing lightly with a fork until blended.
• Beat egg slightly, add cream and salt and blend.
• Add to meat mixture and mix lightly.
• Shape into 1 1/2" balls.
• Heat oil in skillet, add meat balls and brown on all sides.
• Remove meatballs and reserve.
• Add flour to drippings in skillet and blend.
• Add consumme, water, pepper and wine.
• Cook, stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add meatballs, cover skillet and simmer 20 minutes.

INDIAN LAMB MEATBALLS WITH RED WINE

Steps:

• Prepare the meatballs:.
• Finely chop one yellow onion and mix it into the lamb. Add the ground cumin and the raw egg; mix together well.
• Handlng the meat as little as possible, form 1 ½" meatballs.
• Prepare the sauce:.
• Chop the second onion while heating some oil in a large soup pot. Cook the chopped onion for a few minutes until it turns golden - do not let it brown.
• Add curry powder, lower heat and add half the wine and the tomatoes. Let the sauce bubble on low heat until the oil rises to the surface,.
• Carefully add the meatballs to the pot. Add remaining wine and the whole garlic cloves.
• When the meatballs are half cooked, add the ground coriander.
• When finished cooking, turn off heat and sprinkle a half tablespoon of garram masalla over the top of the stew. Cover and let sit for a while.
• Serve with basmati rice and mango chutney.
• NOTES:.
• A couple of optional ingredients to add at the end:.
• a little creme fraiche (not more than about 7 Tablespoons).
• halved hard-boiled eggs - tuck them into the bottom of the pot.