Name: Healthy Lamb Meatballs Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 lb ground lamb; ½ cup cabbage; ⅓ cup onion; 1 egg; 1¼ tbsp ground allspice; 1 tbsp ground cardamom; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; ¼ tsp ground sumac; Salt and ground black pepper

Healthy Lamb Meatballs Recipe

Dwight Wells Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Healthy Lamb Meatballs

These baked lamb meatballs are made a little healthier with tender cabbage, and well-seasoned with allspice, turmeric, and cardamom, for a juicy dish.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1lbground lamb,or more to taste
½cupcabbage,shredded, or more to taste
⅓cuponion,diced
1egg
1¼tbspground allspice
1tbspground cardamom,fresh
¼tspground turmeric
¼tspground sumac
salt and ground black pepper,to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Boil the lamb in a pot of water, breaking into small chunks with a spoon, for 5 to 10 minutes until fully cooked. Skim the fat from the water using a spoon and drain the water from the meat.
Mix the cooked lamb, cabbage, onion, egg, allspice, cardamom, turmeric, sumac, salt, and pepper together in bowl.
Roll the meat into 1½-inch balls. Arrange the meatballs on a baking sheet.
Bake in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through and browned on the outside.
Serve and enjoy.