Moroccan Lamb Meatballs & Apricot Stew
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Sweetened with apricots, and boosted with broth, this meal can be served to babies from 6 months old. Note presence of allergens egg and wheat, so make sure your baby has been exposed to these ingredients first. If you are looking to boost the iron content, you can add in some desiccated liver powder to the meatball mixture OR into the stew!
For BLW, roll some meatballs into the shape of koftas and cook as usual. Serve the cooked cherry tomatoes quartered and squished. To puree, take one meatball and some broth and puree until smooth. You can also add some of the fresh coriander and mint too for extra flavour exposure.
We love making extra meatballs to have in wraps the next day for lunch with salad and Greek yogurt! Delicious!
Moroccan Lamb Meatballs & Apricot Stew
- 500 grams lamb mince
- 1 egg
- 1 slice sourdough bread
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt
- zest of 1/2 a lemon
Stew
- 1 brown onion
- 2 coves garlic
- 1/2 tsp grated ginger
- 6 apricots (cut into thirds)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 tsp ras al hanout
- 2 cups broth
- 2 tbsp spelt flour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- fresh coriander and mint to serve
Cous cous
- 1.5 cups cous cous
- 1 3/4 cups bone broth
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
To make the meatballs, take out a medium sized bowl and add in the lamb mince. Combine all the spices in the bowl, the garlic clove finely grated, egg, the lemon zest and salt. Soak the sourdough in water for a minute and then squeeze out all of the water. Crumble up the bread into the mixture and mix well to combine
Roll out the meatballs and place them onto a baking tray
Place into a preheated oven at 175 degrees for 12 minutes to cook
In the meantime, finely dice the onion and garlic. Add them to a pan over a medium – high heat with the olive oil. Fry the onions and garlic until the onions have softened
Add in the ginger, ras al hanout, sliced apricots and cherry tomatoes. Stir for 2 minutes until fragrant
Place the meatballs into the pan and pour over the broth. Bring up to a gentle simmer
Remove a small ladle of the broth from the pot and pour it into a small bowl. Stir in the flour until smooth, then pour back into the stew to continue cooking for a further 5 minutes
Once the stew has thickened, season with salt and pepper to taste
To prepare the cous cous, add the bone broth, butter and salt to a saucepan and bring up to a boil. Pour in the cous cous and stir immediately, turning off the heat and covering the saucepan with a lid. Allow the cous cous to steam for 5-7 minutes before removing the lid. Puff up the cous cous with a fork and serve
* To puree, take one meatball and some broth and puree until smooth. You can also add some of the fresh coriander and mint too for extra flavour exposure
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Marilize says:
Can this be frozen?
Elisa Sobevski says:
Made twice now and my 14MO devours each time! Super easy and quick to make. I’ve used dry apricots in place of fresh and still works fine