Name: Spicy ostrich meatballs in saucy salsa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 500 g lean beef mince ostrich/lamb; 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste; 10 ml cumin ground; 10 ml coriander ground; 5 ml cinnamon ground; 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes; 10 ml jam chilli; 5 spring onions thinly sliced; 1 Tbs fresh coriander finely chopped; 1 Tbs fresh mint finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 eggs large; 5 Tbs breadcrumbs fresh; salt to taste; olive oil drizzle; 1/2 green chillies finely chopped; 2 Tbs onion finely chopped; 500 g passata; 2 tomatoes cubed; 1 tsp sugar; salt to taste; 10 ml fresh chillies 573; fresh coriander to garnish

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Ingredients (23)

Meatballs:

500 g	lean beef mince — ostrich/lamb
1 tsp	ginger and garlic paste
10 ml	cumin — ground
10 ml	coriander — ground
5 ml	cinnamon — ground
1/2 tsp	dried chilli flakes
10 ml	jam — chilli
5	spring onions — thinly sliced
1 Tbs	fresh coriander — finely chopped
1 Tbs	fresh mint — finely chopped
2	garlic — cloves, finely chopped
1	eggs — large
5 Tbs	breadcrumbs — fresh
	salt — to taste
	olive oil — drizzle
1/2	green chillies — finely chopped

Sauce:

2 Tbs	onion — finely chopped
500 g	passata
2	tomatoes — cubed
1 tsp	sugar
	salt — to taste
10 ml	fresh chillies — 573
	fresh coriander — to garnish

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl, except the bread crumbs and mix
well.
Add breadcrumbs spoon by spoon.
The mixture must not be too gooey
(or too dry) and must combine well.
You’ll know it’s the right
consistency, when you can roll it into balls fairly easily, without too
much of the mixture sticking to your hands.
I made mini meatballs – I got roughly 28 out of the mixture.
Place on a greased tray, drizzle olive oil over the balls and bake
for 10 minutes.
Remove the tray, turn the balls over and bake for a
futher 5-6 minutes. Set aside.
You may also pan fry ’til done, but I prefer to bake them.
In a wide pan, heat the onions in oilve oil, over medium heat, ’til translucent and starting to brown.
Add passata, sugar and salt. Stir. Adjust seasoning. Add meatballs.
Just before serving, add fresh tomato and coriander leaves.
Serve on a bed of creamy mash or with rice or a pasta of your choice.