Recipe: Spicy Meatballs with Roasted Pumpkin

November 3, 2024

Happy Halloween! The spooky season is upon us so we thought we’d celebrate in style with this delicious seasonal recipe from our friend Nikki Bartlett.

Nikki has had a varied sports career, starting out in athletics, getting scouted for rowing via one of the Talent ID days and now finally finding success in long distance triathlon, here’s her heart warming Halloween recipe.

Bought one too many pumpkins for carving this year? Then why not give it a go yourself…

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

1 pumpkin
2 onions
2 peppers
2 garlic cloves
2 red chillis
3 big tomatoes
1 kg of lean minced beef
1 egg
2 jars of creamy tomato and herb cooking sauce
2-3 handful of spinach
Salt & pepper
Coconut oil
Extra virgin olive oil
Spices: paprika and garam masala
Chilli oil
Chilli powder (optional)

Method:

Pumpkin:

- Chop into ‘chip’ size
- Place in a baking tray and season well.
- Sprinkle with extra virgin olive oil and chilli oil, (sprinkle hot chilli powder if you like spicy food)
- Bake for 40-60 minutes

Meatballs:

- Chop onions, peppers, garlic, chilli’s (deseeded) and tomatoes
- Fry off onions, pepper, garlic and chilli’s for 10 minutes with 3 teaspoons of coconut oil and one tea spoon of chilli oil
- Season. Add hot paprika, garam masala and hot chilli powder (quantities depend on your love for spice)
- Now make the meatballs: In a bowl, mix minced beef, herbs and the beaten egg
- Season the mixture with salt and pepper
- Divide the mixture into balls; however big you like to eat them, try 16-20
- Fry in a separate pan to the onions for about 10-15 minutes
- Once cooked add the tomatoes and jars of creamy tomato and herb cooking sauce, and finally add in a few hands full of chopped spinach and cook until wilted

SERVING SUGGESTION: Serve with some warm crusty bread - its delicious to dip into the sauce!

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