Recipe of the Week
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is a light recipe that was surprising easy to make. I recently bought a mint plant and was looking forward to using it. I ended up making a mint yogurt sauce and loved it! Here is the recipe with sesame meatballs, try it out!
Sesame Turkey Meatballs with Yogurt Mint Sauce
This recipe was inspired by Epicurious and was originally with lamb. I made some tweaks and I hope you like it.
Meatballs
- 1/3 cup minced onion
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- a pinch cinnamon
- 1 pound ground Turkey
- 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
- 1 large egg, beaten lightly
- 2 tablespoons dried currants
- 1/4 cup white sesame seeds, toasted lightly
Minted yogurt dip:
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup packed fresh mint leaves, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Preperation:
Sieve the yogurt overnight in the refrigerator and dump the excess liquid. Mix the remaining yogurt together with the mint and salt.
In a small skillet cook onions and garlic for 5 minutes on low heat. Transfer to a bowl and add spices. Slowly add egg, currants, lamb, and bread crumbs until desired consistancy. If your a low carber, use less bread crumbs. Combine well and use a 1 inch spoon to help shape meatballs. Roll meatbals in another sperate bowl with sesame seeds until they are completely covered, and transfer to baking sheet. Bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes.
Serve with yogurt sauce poured over top.
For the orginally resipe go to http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Middle-Eastern-Sesame-Lamb-Meatballs-with-Minted-Yogurt-Dip-13076#ixzz2VezRGUa9