Apple-and-pecorino chicken meatballs

By Hannah Lewry

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cooking Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

500 g Woolworths chicken mince
4 spring onions, sliced
2 green apples
¾ cup pecorino, grated
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 free-range egg
1 T mint, chopped
100 g Woolworths dried breadcrumbs
30 g sesame seeds, toasted
olive oil, for drizzling
½ lemon, juiced
4 Woolworths mini cucumbers , sliced
radish, grated, to garnish
Woolworths coriander-and-lime pesto, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mix the chicken mince with 3 spring onions, 1 grated green apple, the pecorino, seasoning, garlic, egg, mint and breadcrumbs.

Mould into golfball sized balls. Roll in the sesame seeds, then arrange on a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until cooked through.

Cut the remaining apple into matchsticks and serve with the meatballs, remaining spring onion, lemon juice, cucumber, radish and pesto.

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