Mom loved lamb. We would go to one of her favorite restaurants called Joe's, when I was a kid in Upstate NY, The East side of Utica, that made fabulous grilled lamb chops and they would be piled so high on the plate I just couldn't believe the meat we would get for around $15.00.There must have been 35 chops on that plate. Amazing taste.
I just love the mediteranean flavors. I love leg of lamb and make that for many holidays. This is an inbetween treat for me. We wanted something to snack on and loving lamb as we all do in this house, I decided lets toss in a few spices with the lamb that we love so much and make them like meatballs. I was really surprised how much we all loved them.
Oh and how great they smell while they were frying...the aroma made my mouth water for them, and of course since I didn't wait for them to cool off, I now have a blister on the roof of my mouth, I hate when I do that!!! Too impatient to wait.
Once the spices and bread are mixed all together, just shape and fry.
I grow all my herbs right in the front of my house all in separate pots, the mints are my favorite, I grow several flavors, this is regular mint, I even love the smell it leaves on my hands after picked....
1/2 teaspoon each cayenne pepper,black pepper, garlic powder
1 teaspoon oregano, parsley, minced garlic, salt, rosemary and allspice
2 tablespoons chopped mint
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 egg
3/4 cup Italian flavored bread crumbs
1 lb ground lamb
olive oil to fry in
Mix raw ground lamb meat with spices, egg, bread crumbs add tomato paste mix together well.
Shape into rounds or patties and fry in a small amount of olive oil till cooked through and nicely browned. Serve with mint jelly or even cucumber sauce. You can also put these in traditional pasta sauce in place of meatballs....
