Meatballs and peas in tomato sauce from Falastin: A Cookbook (page 243) by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

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    Can substitute courgettes for white bread for a gluten-free variation.

  • treay on April 04, 2025

    I usually make a similar recipe for meatballs that is traditional in Catalonia, but yesterday I decided to try this one instead. And, I'm so happy I did! The meatballs are very light and tasty by themselves, but when you add them to the sauce, they turn out amazingly delicious. I followed the recipe step by step, the only thing I changed was the oven temperatures, I find they are too high most of the time. Also, I used a mixture of beef and pork mince for the meatballs. I love this mixture. Decided to serve them with pasta and worked really well. Certainly a recipe to repeat. Everybody loved it!

  • Cerigiles on March 13, 2023

    really nice flavours, i used passata instead of tomatoes and zucchini in the meatballs. also added a bit of red wine to the sauce. i replaced feta with goats cheese which went really creamy. served with pasta,

  • DePollepel on August 26, 2021

    delicous comfort food also nice for visitors or to freeze

  • aargle on July 21, 2021

    This was fabulous - absolutely delicious and I thought the flavours were beautifully balanced. I used half grated tomatoes and half a tin of crushed tomatoes and substituted the suggested grated courgette. It was served with rice and a green salad. Will definitely repeat.

  • bwhip on July 19, 2020

    Very delicious, wonderful comfort food. Great depth of flavor from all of the spices. The tomatoes in the store weren’t that great, so I used most of a 28 oz can of San Marzano tomatoes. I served with a Yukon-Celery Root mash (from a Sprouted Kitchen cookbook), and it was lovely.

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