Moroccan Meatballs with Couscous & Spiced Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 300 gbeef mince
• 150 gcouscous
• 400 gchopped tomatoes — canned
• 1onion — small
• 1 clovegarlic
• 1 tspground cumin
• 1 tsppaprika powder
• ½ tspground cinnamon
• 1 tbspolive oil
• 10 gflat-leaf parsley — fresh
• ½ tspsea salt — fine
• ¼ tspblack pepper — freshly ground

Method

1. 1

   Finely chop the onion and garlic.

2. 2

   Mix the mince with half of the cumin, half of the paprika powder, half of the salt and some black pepper.

3. 3

   Form about 10 small meatballs from this mixture.

4. 4

   Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and brown the meatballs on all sides for about 6 minutes. They don't need to be fully cooked through yet. Briefly remove them from the pan.

5. 5

   Cook the onion in the same pan for about 2 minutes.

6. 6

   Add the garlic, the remaining cumin, the remaining paprika powder and the cinnamon and cook for about 30 seconds.

7. 7

   Add the chopped tomatoes and let the sauce simmer gently for 5 minutes.

8. 8

   Return the meatballs to the sauce and let them gently cook for another 6–8 minutes.

9. 9

   Meanwhile, prepare the couscous according to the package instructions.

10. 10

    Fluff the couscous with a fork.

11. 11

    Sprinkle the coarsely chopped parsley over the meatballs and serve with the couscous.