Pepo & Friends Pilaf with Moroccan Spiced Meatballs – Pepo Farms

Ingredients

• 1 cup of basmati rice
• 1 small brown onion finely chopped
• 1/2 TBSP butter
• 1 TBSP hazelnut oil plus extra for drizzling
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2/3 cup mixed seeds & nuts (we used equal amounts of pumpkin seeds & walnuts)
• 2/3 cup mixed dried fruit (we used Aussie apricots and sultanas)
• 1 & 3/4 cups of Tonemade Chicken bone broth made to jar instructions adding the salt flakes below to dissolve (You could also use their vegetable miso broth for vegetarian option)
• 1tsp salt flakes
• 1/4 cup of finely chopped parsley
• 1/4 tsp each of cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and cracked black pepper
• 8 drops of saffron extract by Gamila or a small pinch of saffron bloomed in 1TBSP water
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• ~500g lamb or beef mince
• 1 onion (grated)
• 1/2 cup of panko bread crumbs
• 2TBSP pumpkin seed flour
• 3 garlic cloves crushed
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup of finely chopped coriander leaves & stems
• 1 tsp each of cumin, coriander, paprika & cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt flakes
• cracked black pepper