Food & Wine

Spanish Rissoles

Tasty Spanish meatballs in a smoky tomato based sauce PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Rissoles • 400 g lean beef mince • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 1 tsp smoked paprika • 1 egg • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs • 1 tbsp olive oil Sauce • 1/2 onion, finely chopped • 1/2 red capsicum, finely chopped • 400 ml chopped tomatoes (no added salt) • 1 tsp smoked paprika Quinoa salad • 200 g pumpkin, diced • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1/2 cup quinoa • 100 g snow peas, sliced diagonally • 4 spring onions, finely sliced • 1 avocado, sliced • 1 tbsp sherry or red wine vinegar • 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1. To make rissoles, combine mince, garlic, smoked paprika, egg and breadcrumbs in a large bowl and season with pepper. Divide mix into 4 and shape into 4 rissoles. Add oil to a large frying pan over medium heat and cook rissoles for 2 minutes each side until golden brown. Set aside. 2. Add onion and capsicum to same frying pan and cook for 5 minutes until softened, add tomatoes, paprika and 400ml water and return rissoles to pan. Cook for 10 minutes, turn rissoles over and cook for another 10 minutes until cooked through and sauce has thickened. 3. To make quinoa salad, preheat oven to 200C. Toss pumpkin in half the oil and season with pepper. Spread out on a baking tray and roast for 20-30 minutes until golden and soft. 4. Place quinoa in a sieve and rinse under running water. Place in a small saucepan with 2 cups of water. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Whisk vinegar, mustard, remaining oil and pepper to make a dressing. Combine quinoa with roast pumpkin, spring onions, avocado and snowpeas and pour over dressing. • 1. Buy extra mince to make extra rissoles and freeze them. Store frozen rissoles for up to 3 months. Defrost in the refrigerator overnight before cooking. • 2. You can use other grains in place of the quinoa such as brown rice, couscous, burghal (cracked wheat) or risoni pasta.