Minty lamb meatballs with crispy cabbage & tahini sauce from Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach and Recipes to Repeat (page 97) by Molly Baz

Ingredients

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Notes about this recipe

Beck001 on April 20, 2026

Our family liked this. The cabbage didn’t turn out exactly as should but still good. I was generous with mint and the flavor came through. Tahini dressing is a lot proportionately but we served with cucumbers and also can be reused
sarah_6pau1d on March 29, 2026

Didn’t know what to expect with the cabbage but wow it was addicting! This was a favorite full of flavor. Will make again
jen_psw6bm on March 26, 2026

I loved the gaminess of the lamb. Paired nicely with the soft burnt cabbage and creamy tahini sauce. Would make again.
nancy_cnvfuc on March 21, 2026

Crowd pleaser
samantha_p4p04u on March 13, 2026

I go back to this one often! I find it heats up well for lunch at the office
caroline_kmzniq on January 28, 2026

Make less tahini sauce
gootenbeez on November 16, 2025

Decent meal. I wish I had more cabbage because it cooked down. I think the would make an excellent meal with some rice or bread. I subbed parsley for mint because it's what I had. I think finishing the dish with some mint sounds lovely and will certainly try it some time. Good dish. Not amazing, not bad by any means. I would make this again if I had lamb and cabbage in the house at the same time.
jaelsne on October 28, 2024

Pretty good, not my favorite. I used red cabbage. I think green cabbage may have looked better. Made a lot of mess for an okay recipe.
Soulkitchenjen on September 04, 2023

This was a pretty solid recipe. I didn’t love the cabbage as much as everyone else seems to. The meatballs with tahini sauce were lovely. Fast and easy.
grindabod on January 02, 2023

Greater than the sum of its parts, like so many of the recipes in this book. I had a weird amount of lamb mince leftover so I had to improvise the proportions a little bit and am happy to confirm that this recipe is very forgiving. Can't wait to stuff the leftovers into pita bread for lunch.
Astrid5555 on December 12, 2021

The best part of this recipe was the cabbage, but I just love oven-roast cabbage. The meatballs were nice too, but as mentioned before the mint does not come through. The overall combination of meatballs and cabbage with the sauce was quite tasty, would repeat.
KarinaFrancis on November 17, 2021

Another just ok dish from this book. The meatballs are nice enough but the mint doesn’t come through, I wonder if dried mint would amp it up? The best bit was the roasted cabbage, I’ll do that again
rachelleg88 on May 31, 2021

Made this after getting home pretty late one night and it was fairly fast and delish! The meatballs were so juicy! I added in some asparagus and had some ramps on hand, and threw them in with the cabbage. So good!