Pork & Lentil Meatball, Spinach & California Walnut Traybake
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 502kcal
Ingredients
400gcan lentilsdrained and rinsed
500gminced pork 5% fat
1tbspMadras curry paste
1tbspoil
1very low salt chicken stock cube
300gfrozen whole leaf spinach
250gpouch wholegrain rice
150gfrozen sweetcorn
50gCalifornia Walnutschopped
½x 25g pack corianderroughly chopped
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6.
Place the lentils in a food processor and pulse to a paste, add the pork mince and curry paste and pulse until evenly blended. Divide into 8 large meatballs.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the meatballs for 5 minutes until evenly browned all over, transfer to a large roasting tin.
Dissolve the stock cube in 200ml boiling water and add to the same frying pan with the spinach, rice and sweetcorn and bring to the boil, pour over the meatballs and bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked throughout.
Stir the Walnuts and coriander through the rice and serve with a green salad.
Notes
Cooks tipTry using minced turkey or beef as variations.