Kofta with Sweet and Sour Cherry Sauce

These sweet and sour meatballs will take you straight to Middle East in best possible way. 

Ingredients for Cherry sauce:

1 cup cherries 
1 tbs honey 
juice of 1 lemon 
1/2 cup water 
1/2 tsp cinnamon 
2 tbsp olive oil 
2-3 garlic clove (minced) 
1/2 cup fresh mint (chopped)  

Ingredients for meatballs:

500 gr ground lamb or ground beef 
1/2 cup sparkling water 
4 garlic cloves, minced 
2 tsp coriander 
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon 
1 tsp cumin 
1/2 tsp allspice
salt and pepper 
3 tbs olive oil 

Process: 

First, make the cherry sauce, and let it simmer while you make the meatballs. 

In a small saucepan combine the cherries, honey, lemon juice, water and cinnamon and healthy to boil. Lower heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside. In another saucepan, heat the olive oil and sautée garlic. Pour in the hot cherry mixture and cook on medium heat until tender and slightly thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste. Lastly stir in mint. 

In large bowl place the ground meat, soda water, garlic, coriander, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, allspice, salt and pepper. Mix lightly to incorporate all the ingredients and shape the small meatballs. Set aside until ready to cook. When the sauce is ready, start by heating olive oil. Place meat balls to fry and brown all over. Remove and keep warm until all are ready to serve. Serve hot and drizzle the cherry sauce over meatballs. 
 

Kofta u slatko - kiselom sosu od tresnje

Egzoticne, romanticne, preukusne! Za sladokusce. 

Potrebno za sos od tresnje:
1 solja iskostenih tresanja 
1 kasika meda 
sok jednog limuna 
1/2 solje vode 
1/2 kasicice cimeta 
2 kasike maslinovog ulja 
2 - 3 cehnice bijelog luka (sitno isjeckanog) 
1/2 solje svjeze mente 

Potrebno za mesne okruglice:
500 gr mljevene janjetine ili junetine 
1/2 solje mineralne vode
4 cehne bijelog luka
1 kasika korijandera 
1/2 kasicice mljevenih klinčića
1/2 kasicice cimeta 
1/2 kasicice kima 
1/2 kasicice zacina all spice (ja sam ga donijela iz Emirata, ako nemate izostavite) 
so, biber
3 kasike maslinovog ulja 

Najprije spremite sos kako bi se on mogao krčkati dok vi spremate okruglice. 

U manjoj šerpici kombinirajte tresnje, med, sok limuna, vodu, cimet i pustite da prokljuca. Smanjite temperturu i ostavite da krčka 5 minuta. Sklonite s vatre. U tavi preprzite bijeli luk i dodajte tresnjama i kuhajte na laganoj vatri dok tresnje ne smeksaju i dok sos ne dobijete teksturu gustog soka. Na kraju dodajte svjezu, isjecenu mentu. 

U dublju zdjelu stavite fasirano meso, kiselu vodu, bijeli luk, korijander, mljevene klinčiće, cimet,  kim, allspice, so i biber. Sve sjedinite i oblikujte male okruglice. 

Ostavite sa strane dok sos ne bude spreman. Kada je sos spreman, zagrijte ulje i przite okruglice. Servirajte toplo i lagano naprskajte sos od tresnje. Mozete ga sluziti i sa strane u slucaju da strahujete od kombinacije slatko - kiselog i mesa.