Lamb Bites with Potato Crostini
Everything you love about lamb in one perfect bite! Mint, cumin, garlic and lamb top a crispy potato slice. Finish it all off with the best Greek sauce I’ve ever tasted, courtesy of my name twin Jenni over at whipandwander.com, and you have an appetizer fit for any occasion!
Lamb Bites on Potato Crostini
Ingredients
- 2-3 russet potatoes cut into 1/2" slices
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lb ground lamb
- 1 shallot grated
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh mint chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and drizzle with olive oil.
- Spread out the potato slices onto the baking sheet. Brush the slices with the olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove the potato slices from the oven and flip. Continue to bake for 10 more minutes.
- While the potatoes are baking, using your hands, mix together the lamb, shallot, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, mint, parsley and egg until thoroughly combined.
- Roll the lamb mixture into tablespoon sized balls. You should get about 16 meatballs.
- When you pull the potatoes from the oven, adjust oven to 425°F.
- Top each potato slice with one meatball. Bake for 10 - 13 minutes or until when pierced, clear juice runs from the meatball.
- Top with Whip and Wander's Whipped Feta and enjoy!!
Nutrition
“Instead, I do what I do best, and start preparing the roast lamb for dinner. There is something heartwarming about a roast dinner and we both need that. I season the meat with rosemary and anchovies driven into the fatty skin, and then, as I chop and sauté and simmer my potato and vegetable side dishes, the steam makes my bruise throb. I’ve covered it with makeup and David no doubt thinks that’s to hide it from him, but he’d be wrong. It’s to hide it from myself. I’m filled with shame at my own weakness.”
If you like this recipe, check out the book that inspired it!
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