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Spiced meatballs served in a curry

Spiced meatballs

Name: Spiced meatballs
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 0
Ingredients: 800g turkey thigh mince; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 2 lemons zested; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp sumac; ½ tsp ground allspice; a small handful of finely chopped parsley

Ailsa Burt

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

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Prepare these simple meatballs as a base recipe to make some speedy meals through the week. Just put aside an hour on Sunday and thank yourself later

Dairy-free

Egg-free

Gluten-free

High-protein

Low sugar

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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800g turkey thigh mince
2 garlic cloves

crushed
2 lemons

zested
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp sumac
½ tsp ground allspice
a small handful of finely chopped parsley

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Nutrition: 8

kcal140
fat6g
saturates2g
carbs1g
sugars0g
fibre1g
protein20g
salt0.83g

Method

step 1

In a large bowl, mix together the turkey thigh mince, crushed garlic cloves, lemon zest, cumin, sumac, allspice, chopped parsley, 1 tsp fine sea salt and a good crack of black pepper. Use your hands to combine everything well. Set aside half the mixture in an airtight container in the fridge. Roll the remaining half into 20 meatballs around 20g each. Transfer to an airtight container lined with baking parchment. Will keep chilled for up to four days.

Use the meatballs to make our meatball & chickpea yellow coconut curry and unformed mix to make our speedy turkey wraps with pickled red cabbage.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2025

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