- Meatballs are everbodys favorite comfort food,
and today we're gonna give them a quick Moroccan twist.
They can be used as appetizers or dinner.
I can't wait to show you.
I'm Suzy with TheMediterraneanDish.com
I'm all about easy wholesome recipes
with big mediterranean flavors,
and today we are talkin Moroccan meatballs you guys.
The secret is in my spice, are you ready for it.
Are you ready for it? It is Raz El Hanout.
Raz El Hanout is a north African spice,
mostly associated with Moroccan cuisine.
It is filled with warm flavor, so much depth in here.
For these Moroccan meatballs today,
I'm only using lean ground beef here, about a pound,
A pound and a quarter of that.
So we'll put that in here. Break that up a little bit.
Right here you guys is just a small slice
of any bread you have that's been soaked in water or milk.
This makes your meatballs nice and juicy.
Then I have some onions that have been grated.
And then we have garlic.
We've got fresh cilantro, a little Moroccan going on here.
Lets add the flavor makers here.
Raz El Hanout we already talked about.
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I have a little ginger. Amping up the flavor.
If you're into spicy food,
then add a pinch of cayenne pepper.
And of course a little salt and pepper.
Alright now that I have all the flavors in with my meat
I'm gonna give this a good mix.
My favorite, extra virgin olive oil.
Just a tiny drizzle helps the mixture come together.
So now we just put together our meatballs.
Just use one table spoon measure per meatball.
So we've got our meatballs ready,
if you guys have the time, my biggest tip for you
is to stick this in the fridge for 30 minutes or so.
It will help your meatballs cook in your skillet
without falling apart because nobody likes
a falling apart meatball right?
Okay meatballs are nice and chilled,
my skillet is nice and warm so
we can get this party going.
A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
all over my meatballs like so.
And we'll just get these babies right in here.
It smells good already in here.
I'm gonna let these cook and then turn them over
when feel like I've got good enough crust on the bottom.
The idea here is that
they are really nice and crispy on the outside,
so don't be afraid if they turn nice and brown.
That's what our really want here.
And then we'll go into our next batch,
of Moroccan meatballs.
Meatballs fall apart man, no matter what you do
but I don't care, they're gonan taste so good
and nothing is perfect in this kitchen
and it's just fine, it's life in my kitchen.
Let's make some fixings to go with these
amazing Moroccan meatballs.
I'm gonna start with showing you guys
how to make this easy Moroccan carrot salad.
For this I love rainbow carrots,
cause then you can get some nice color in your carrot salad.
We've got our carrots cut up into nice fun ribbons.
All sorts of colors. A little bit of orange juice,
about three table spoons or so, whatever you know.
A little bit of olive oil.
Mint leaves bunch them up, chop like a pro.
Toss in with your clean hands. Let the flavors marry.
And that's it for Moroccan carrot salad.
We've got our Moroccan meatballs,
our Moroccan carrot salad,
and a bunch of other yummy fixings.
And I'm gonna show you a couple of ways to serve
this Moroccan meatball situation.
Grab the meatballs, try not to break them apart.
Arrange my carrot salad nicely on this side here.
Little bit of tomatoes maybe, and the onions.
I have right here a yogurt sauce to go with this and a dip.
And here you go this really is it.
This is our Moroccan meatball platter with all the fixings.
And I'm gonna show you if you want to assemble your own gyro
what that looks like in just a second.
Okay grab your yogurt sauce or tzatziki
or whatever you have. Tahini would also be good,
so I've got a tahini recipe as well so don't be shy now.
Load up the meatballs. And then load up whatever you want.
And that's it for my easy Moroccan meatballs you guys.
I hope you give this recipe a try.
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