Millet meatballs with vegetable sauce

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3.7 3
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine
  • 175 g Millet
  • 5/8 l Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 30 g Pine nuts
  • 1 Kohlrabi
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 (approx. 400 g) Courgette
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 can(s) (425 ml) Tomatoes
  • 100 g Sheep's cheese
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp dried thyme
  • 7 TABLESPOONS Breadcrumbs
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Fresh cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Thyme

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and finely dice 1 onion. Melt the fat in a pot. Add diced onion and millet and fry in it. Add 1/2 litre stock, bring to the boil and cook for 20-25 minutes, stirring once.

  2. 2

    Let the millet cool. Roast pine nuts in a pan without fat, remove. Peel kohlrabi, cut into small cubes and cook in little salt water for about 10 minutes. Clean, wash and cut the zucchini into pieces.

  3. 3

    Peel and finely dice 1 onion and garlic. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan. Fry the onion, garlic and zucchini. Add the tomatoes in the juice. Chop the tomatoes slightly. Add 1/8 litre stock and bring to the boil.

  4. 4

    Drain and fold in the kohlrabi. Cut feta cheese into small cubes. Mix the millet mixture, sheep's cheese, pine nuts (except for 1 teaspoon for sprinkling), egg, thyme and 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs and form 8 meatballs.

  5. 5

    Place 5 tablespoons of breadcrumbs on a flat plate and turn the meatballs in it. Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Fry the meatballs for about 10 minutes, turning them over. Arrange the meatballs and vegetable sauce on plates and add 1 tablespoon of crème fraîche to each.

  6. 6

    Garnish with thyme and remaining pine nuts.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
610 kcal
CARBS
53 g
FATS
34 g
PROTEINS
18 g