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Meatball and Veggie Traybake Recipe

These meatballs are flavoured with cumin and coriander and baked with sweet potatoes, cherry tomatoes and chick peas for an easy nutritious meal.

Difficulty

Easy

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cooking Time

50 minutes

Serves

6

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 kg SPAR Butchery Mince
  • 2 large SPAR eggs
  • 3 tsp each salt and pepper, to season
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 2 SPAR Freshline Red Onions
  • 1 bag (1kg) SPAR Freshline Sweet Potatoes
  • 2 tbsp SPAR olive oil
  • 1 punnet (250g) SPAR Freshline Cherry Tomatoes 
  • 1 tin (400g) chickpeas, drained
  • 1⁄3 punnet (10g) SPAR Freshline Basil 

Serving suggestion 

  • Tzatziki
  • SPAR Freshline White Wraps 

Recipe Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Combine the mince, eggs, 2 teaspoons each of salt and pepper, ground cumin and ground coriander in a large mixing bowl and mix well.
  3. Spoon 3 tablespoons of the mince mixture into your hands and roll firmly to form a ball. Repeat to form 18 meatballs. 
  4. Peel the onions and cut them into quarters.
  5. Peel the sweet potatoes. Cut them into 3cm cubes. Add the sweet potatoes and red onions to the roasting tray, drizzle with oil and season with the remaining salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes.
  6. Add the meatballs, cherry tomatoes and chickpeas to the sweet potatoes and onions. Roast for a further 20-30 minutes until the meatballs are cooked and the vegetables are tender. 
  7. Once cooked, scatter basil over the traybake. Serve in a warm wrap with dollops of tzatziki 

Hints & Tips

For extra colour, after roasting, grill the meatballs and vegetables for 5 minutes at 200°C