Mom's Ground Lamb/ Carrot Balls
"I loved it when mom made these lamb balls. It's a great way to use up left over roasted lamb too. Serve with new minted potatoes, fresh peas & a salad."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb raw ground lamb or 1 3/4 cups cooked ground lamb
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1 egg
- salt & pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon dill seed
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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Sauce
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1 cup sour cream
- salt & pepper
- 8 tablespoons madeira wine or 8 tablespoons sherry wine (optional)
directions
- Mix the lamb, carrots, egg,dill seed, paprika together.
- Form small balls (about 30).
- Heat oil on a frypan and brown the balls.
- Meanwhile make the sauce:Heat the oil on a pan add the 3 tbsp flour to make a roux.
- Slowly while stirring add the water.
- Then the parsley& sour cream.
- when thickened and ready add the browned lamb balls and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Just before serving add the wine& serve.
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Reviews
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Very tasty! The only changes I made were to use yogurt instead of sour cream, and fresh parsley, since I had it. I also added a full cup of water, as the sauce was otherwise too thick. The predominant flavour of dill in the meatballs was unusual and good. Next time - and there will be a next time - I will add a little extra paprika to the sauce. -
This was a big hit at dinner last night! The sauce was a bit too thick, and with the sour cream being so rich, I think much less of the roux is called for -- I'll come back and report on further experimentation (In the short term, I added chicken broth to get the right consistency, and that worked well. The suggestion for a dash of paprika to the sauce was just right!
Tweaks
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Very tasty! The only changes I made were to use yogurt instead of sour cream, and fresh parsley, since I had it. I also added a full cup of water, as the sauce was otherwise too thick. The predominant flavour of dill in the meatballs was unusual and good. Next time - and there will be a next time - I will add a little extra paprika to the sauce.
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Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
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