This recipe combines savoury Italian meatballs with fragrant Greek-style potatoes for the ultimate comfort meal. You’ll love the mix of tender meatballs and those tangy, herb-packed potatoes!
Ingredients:
- 500g beef mince
- 500g pork mince
- 2 slices bread
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 750g baby potatoes, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 400ml vegan chicken stock (or veg stock)
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp onion granules
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Fresh sprigs of rosemary
- Bunch of broccolini
Instructions:
Meatballs:
- Prep the potatoes: preheat your oven to 200°C. Place the chopped baby potatoes into a deep baking dish. In a jug, mix the stock, lemon juice, minced garlic, parsley, paprika, rosemary and olive oil. Pour the stock mixture over the potatoes, bake for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally. If the potatoes begin to crisp too much before absorbing all the liquid, cover the dish with foil and lower the heat slightly.
- Mix the meatballs: in a small bowl add the slices of bread and milk, leave it for a few minutes the squeeze out the milk and shred up the bread and place into a large bowl. Combine the ground beef, ground pork, soaked bread, Parmesan, egg, minced garlic, oregano, parsley, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. Mix everything together until well combined.
- Form and fry: roll the mixture into larger bite-sized long meatballs. Heat the olive oil in a large and deep pot or pan over medium heat. Fry the meatballs until browned on all sides and cooked through, about 8-10 minutes total.
- Cook the broc: heat a fry pan to a medium heat and add a drizzle of olive oil, add your trimmed broccolini stems and cook until charred, tossing occasionally.
- Serve: once the potatoes are tender, crispy, and have absorbed most of the stock, remove from the oven. Plate up the juicy meatballs alongside those herb-packed potatoes, and dig in!