Lamb Meatballs and Melted Mozzarella
with baby spinach and roast potatoes
Though these may be Italian style meatballs, they're made with 100% Irish beef. Accompanied by a side of crispy roast potatoes and topped with melted mozzarella, this is a dish that everyone's sure to love.
Tags:
Family Friendly
Allergens:
Milk
•Wheat
•Mustard
•Soya
Total Time45 minutes
Cooking Time35 minutes
DifficultyMedium
Ingredients
Serving amount
1 pack(s)
Chopped Tomato with Onion & Garlic
60 grams
Baby Spinach
125 grams
Mozzarella
(Contains Milk)
1 pack(s)
Breadcrumbs
(Contains Wheat)
½ sachet(s)
Mustard
(Contains Mustard)
1 sachet(s)
Worcester Sauce
(Contains Soya)
240 grams
Lamb Mince
500 grams
Baby Potatoes
Not included in your delivery
to taste
Oil
to taste
Salt
to taste
Pepper
to taste
Butter
to taste
Water
1 tsp
Sugar
Nutrition Values
Energy (kJ)3337 kJ
Energy (kcal)798 kcal
Fat36.7 g
of which saturates19.1 g
Carbohydrate71.3 g
of which sugars16.7 g
Dietary Fiber2.8 g
Protein42.4 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Salt3.64 g
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region. Nutrition for uncooked ingredients based on 2 person recipe, excludes Pantry Items.
Utensils
•Oven dish
•Baking Sheet with Baking Paper
Instructions
1
- Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
- Chop the potatoes into quarters; halving any larger quarters.
- Pop the potatoes onto a large (lined) baking tray.
- Toss with salt, pepper and a drizzle of oil.
- Spread out in a single layer (leaving room for the meatballs) then set the tray aside.
2
- Add the lamb mince, breadcrumbs, half the mustard (double for 4p) and Worcester sauce to a large bowl.
- Season with salt and pepper then mix everything together by hand.
- Once combined, form into evenly-sized meatballs, 3-4 per person. IMPORTANT: Wash hands and equipment after handling raw meat.
- When the oven is hot, cook the potatoes and beef meatballs together for 15 mins.
TIP: Use two baking trays if necessary.
3
- Meanwhile, place a pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, 1 tsp sugar and 50ml water (double both for 4p).
- Simmer until slightly thickened, 5-7 mins.
- Stir in the spinach and cook until wilted and warmed through, 1-2 mins.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir through a knob of butter.
4
- When the potatoes and meatballs have been cooking for 15 mins, remove the meatballs from the oven (leaving the potatoes to cook).
- Add the meatballs to an oven dish.
- Stir in the simmered spinach sauce.
- Drain then roughly tear the mozzarella.
- Scatter the mozzarella evenly over the top.
5
- Place the oven dish below the potatoes in the oven.
- Bake everything until the mozzarella has melted and the potatoes are golden, 10-15 mins. IMPORTANT: Mince is cooked when no longer pink in the middle.
6
- Divide the mozzarella meatballs between plates.
- Serve with the crispy potatoes alongside.
