Tasty spinach and coriander meatballs

Spinach and coriander meatballs served with sauté champignons

• Serves: 2
• Type: main

In this occasion I will introduce to you this tasty and different recipe for meatballs, I had to say that the idea to put coriander into meatballs was intriguing, the result was more than expected. I decided to test two different versions.

Ingredients

Ingredients

Version 1:

• 400 grams minced beef meat
• 1 scallion
• 1 teaspoon just ground cumin powder
• 1 1/2 cup steamed cooked spinach
• 1 egg
• 1-2 garlic cloves
• Oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Version 2: all the ingredients above plus 150 grams bolognese sauce

Steps

Version 1 & 2

1. Grind the cumin seeds

2. Chop the scallion and the garlic clove

3. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix

   

   Preparing the meatballs

4. Take a tablespoon of the mix and shape it rounded. Set aside.

   

   Shaping the meatballs

5. Version 1: Heat a bit of oil and fry (with medium heat) the meatballs for all sides for a least 10 minutes. Remove the extra oil and serve.

   

   Version 1: Fry the meatballs

6. Version 2: Preheat the oven at 180°C, Heat a bit of oil and brown the meatballs for all the side. In a baking tin pour the bolognese sauce add the meatballs. Bake it for 15 minutes.

   

   Version 2: Bake the meatballs

Can be served with

• steamed brocoli
• green beans
• salad (in the version 1 case)
• Sauté champignons