Table for TwoKefta Tagine
Spiced lamb or beef meatballs simmered in a rich tomato sauce, finished with eggs cooked right in the pot.
Photo: Chloé Lefleur / Unsplash
⏱ 50 min📶 Medium👫 Serves 2☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Ground lamb or beef, 400 g
- Onion, 1, grated
- Parsley & cilantro, a handful
- Cumin, paprika & cinnamon, 1 tsp each
- Crushed tomatoes, 400 g
- Garlic, 2 cloves
- Eggs, 2–3
- Crusty bread, to serve
Steps
- Mix the meat with half the onion, half the herbs, the spices and salt; roll into small balls.
- Soften the remaining onion and garlic in oil, add tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
- Add the meatballs, cover and cook gently for 15–20 minutes until cooked through.
- Crack the eggs into the sauce, cover until just set, scatter with herbs and eat straight from the pot with bread.
Cook it together: One of you rolls the meatballs, the other builds the tomato sauce — then crack the eggs in together.
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