Accidental Kinda Keto Lamb Meatballs

I don’t come across packaged ground lamb often. So when I do find it, I just buy it. Even if I am not planning to use it.

I love lamb. Lamb bolognese is one of my favorite meals. I don’t think it’s supposed to even be made with lamb. But I don’t care.

It’s delicious.

But this week I wanted to try to make something new.. Lamb meatballs. But all of the recipes I found were for Greek style.

I wanted pasta and lamb meatballs.

So I hacked together a recipe for beef ones.

But with lamb.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound ground lamb
• 1 egg
• 1/3 onion, minced
• teaspoon of minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup of Panko bed crumbs (But then forget to add them in, like I did. Which then makes this Keto… Kind of.)
• 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• Salt
• Black Pepper
• 1/3 cup of white wine (I used a frozen champagne cube
• Splash of beef broth

DIRECTIONS

1. Turn on the broiler.
2. Mix the lamb, egg, cheese, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and parsley together.
3. Create little 1-ish inch balls. Put them on a sheet pan. Shove them under the broiler (with the shelf mid-oven) for about 10 minutes.
4. While those are broiling, get out a slow cooker. Dump the can of tomato sauce, the white wine, and the splash of broth. Stir in some salt and pepper – however much you want. (I go light on the salt.) Throw in the rest of the spices too.
5. Throw the meatballs into the sauce, and slow cook for about 8 hours on low.

I only had ravioli. So that’s what I served them with for my Sunday supper.

And now I have leftovers for the next few days.