These Middle Eastern flavours are sure to tantalise your taste buds! Juicy lamb koftas are served alongside nutty tahini butternut mash. Crunchy green beans are accompanied by crispy chickpeas, creamy feta, fresh mint & a salad leaf & cranberry salad.
Finger-Licking Lamb Koftas
Finger-Licking Lamb Koftas
with tahini butternut mash, green beans & cranberry salad
Hands on Time: 30 - 45 minutes
Overall Time: 45 - 60 minutes
Ingredients:
- Butternut
- Chickpeas
- Danish-style Feta
- Dried Cranberries
- Free-range Lamb Mince
- Fresh Parsley
- Green Beans
- Lemon Juice
- NOMU Moroccan Rub
- Salad Leaves
- Spring Onion
- Spring Onions
- Tahini
From your kitchen:
- Oil (cooking, olive or coconut)
- Salt & Pepper
- Water
- Sugar/Sweetener/Honey
- Milk (optional)
- Butter (optional)
READY, SET, BOIL
Place a pot of cold salted water over a high heat. Add the butternut chunks and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer until soft, 10-15 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Add ½ the tahini, a splash of milk or water, a knob of butter (optional), and seasoning. Mash until smooth.
DRESS IT UP
Place the lamb mince in a bowl with the sliced spring onion whites. Mix until well combined and season. Roll into 3 koftas. Loosen the remaining tahini with the lemon juice. Add water in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and a sweetener.
I’LL FRY IF I WANT TO
Place a pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, toast the drained chickpeas until crispy and caramel in colour, 12-15 minutes (shifting occasionally). In the final 4-5 minutes, add the sliced green beans and the NOMU rub. Season and set aside.
COOK THE KOFTAS
Return the pan to a medium-high heat. When hot, fry the koftas until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes (shifting as they colour).
CREATE THE SIDE SALAD
In a salad bowl, combine the rinsed salad leaves, a drizzle of olive oil, the chopped cranberries, and the roasted chickpeas & green beans.
MMMOROCCAN MEAL
Plate up the tahini-butternut mash and top with the lamb koftas. Drizzle over the tahini lemon dressing. Side with the chickpea salad. Garnish with the crumbled feta, the spring onion greens, and picked parsley. What a masterpiece, Chef!
Butternut - 250g
Tahini - 25ml
Free-range Lamb Mince - 150g
Spring Onion - 1
Lemon Juice - 15ml
Chickpeas - 60g
Green Beans - 80g
NOMU Moroccan Rub - 10ml
Salad Leaves - 20g
Dried Cranberries - 10g
Danish-style Feta - 30g
Fresh Parsley - 4g
READY, SET, BOIL
Place a pot of cold salted water over a high heat. Add the butternut chunks and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer until soft, 15-20 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Add ½ the tahini, a splash of milk or water, a knob of butter (optional), and seasoning. Mash until smooth.
DRESS IT UP
Place the lamb mince in a bowl with the sliced spring onion whites. Mix until well combined and season. Roll into 6 koftas. Loosen the remaining tahini with the lemon juice. Add water in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and a sweetener.
I’LL FRY IF I WANT TO
Place a pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, toast the drained chickpeas until crispy and caramel in colour, 12-15 minutes (shifting occasionally). In the final 4-5 minutes, add the sliced green beans and the NOMU rub. Season and set aside.
COOK THE KOFTAS
Return the pan to a medium-high heat. When hot, fry the koftas until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes (shifting as they colour).
CREATE THE SIDE SALAD
In a salad bowl, combine the rinsed salad leaves, a drizzle of olive oil, the chopped cranberries, and the roasted chickpeas & green beans.
MMMOROCCAN MEAL
Plate up the tahini-butternut mash and top with the lamb koftas. Drizzle over the tahini lemon dressing. Side with the chickpea salad. Garnish with the crumbled feta, the spring onion greens, and picked parsley. What a masterpiece, Chef!
Butternut - 500g
Tahini - 50ml
Free-range Lamb Mince - 300g
Spring Onion - 1
Lemon Juice - 30ml
Chickpeas - 120g
Green Beans - 160g
NOMU Moroccan Rub - 20ml
Salad Leaves - 40g
Dried Cranberries - 20g
Danish-style Feta - 60g
Fresh Parsley - 8g
READY, SET, BOIL
Place a pot of cold salted water over a high heat. Add the butternut chunks and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer until soft, 20-25 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Add ½ the tahini, a splash of milk or water, a knob of butter (optional), and seasoning. Mash until smooth.
DRESS IT UP
Place the lamb mince in a bowl with the sliced spring onion whites. Mix until well combined and season. Roll into 9 koftas. Loosen the remaining tahini with the lemon juice. Add water in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and a sweetener.
I’LL FRY IF I WANT TO
Place a pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, toast the drained chickpeas until crispy and caramel in colour, 12-15 minutes (shifting occasionally). In the final 4-5 minutes, add the sliced green beans and the NOMU rub. Season and set aside.
COOK THE KOFTAS
Return the pan to a medium-high heat. When hot, fry the koftas until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes (shifting as they colour).
CREATE THE SIDE SALAD
In a salad bowl, combine the rinsed salad leaves, a drizzle of olive oil, the chopped cranberries, and the roasted chickpeas & green beans.
MMMOROCCAN MEAL
Plate up the tahini-butternut mash and top with the lamb koftas. Drizzle over the tahini lemon dressing. Side with the chickpea salad. Garnish with the crumbled feta, the spring onion greens, and picked parsley. What a masterpiece, Chef!
Butternut - 750g
Tahini - 75ml
Free-range Lamb Mince - 450g
Spring Onions - 2
Lemon Juice - 45ml
Chickpeas - 180g
Green Beans - 240g
NOMU Moroccan Rub - 30ml
Salad Leaves - 60g
Dried Cranberries - 30g
Danish-style Feta - 90g
Fresh Parsley - 12g
READY, SET, BOIL
Place a pot of cold salted water over a high heat. Add the butternut chunks and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer until soft, 20-25 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Add ½ the tahini, a splash of milk or water, a knob of butter (optional), and seasoning. Mash until smooth.
DRESS IT UP
Place the lamb mince in a bowl with the sliced spring onion whites. Mix until well combined and season. Roll into 12 koftas. Loosen the remaining tahini with the lemon juice. Add water in 5ml increments until drizzling consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and a sweetener.
I’LL FRY IF I WANT TO
Place a pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil. When hot, toast the drained chickpeas until crispy and caramel in colour, 12-15 minutes (shifting occasionally). In the final 4-5 minutes, add the sliced green beans and the NOMU rub. Season and set aside.
COOK THE KOFTAS
Return the pan to a medium-high heat. When hot, fry the koftas until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes (shifting as they colour).
CREATE THE SIDE SALAD
In a salad bowl, combine the rinsed salad leaves, a drizzle of olive oil, the chopped cranberries, and the roasted chickpeas & green beans.
MMMOROCCAN MEAL
Plate up the tahini-butternut mash and top with the lamb koftas. Drizzle over the tahini lemon dressing. Side with the chickpea salad. Garnish with the crumbled feta, the spring onion greens, and picked parsley. What a masterpiece, Chef!
Butternut - 1kg
Tahini - 100ml
Free-range Lamb Mince - 600g
Spring Onions - 2
Lemon Juice - 60ml
Chickpeas - 240g
Green Beans - 320g
NOMU Moroccan Rub - 40ml
Salad Leaves - 80g
Dried Cranberries - 40g
Danish-style Feta - 120g
Fresh Parsley - 15g