Main Meals

Frikkadel-and-butter bean tagine soup

By
09 September 2025
4
Easy
15 minutes
25 minutes

“Use canned chickpeas instead of butter beans, or make up the quantity with both and save the rest to add to another recipe. Always add the brine from the can to help thicken the soup.”- Abigail Donnelly

Wine/Spirit Pairing
Raka Biography Shiraz

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Ingredients

Method
  • 300 g Woolworths sosatie beef frikkadels
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2 red onions, diced
  • 2 t garlic crushed
  • 1 chilli, halved
  • 1 t coriander seeds
  • 1 t cumin seeds
  • 2 t sumac
  • 400 g 1 x can butter beans
  • 400 g 1 x can chopped tomatoes
  • 3 cups chicken or vegetable stock
  • For the date-and-parsley salsa:

  • 30 g parsley , chopped
  • 15 green olives, halved
  • 10 dates, chopped
  • 2 T Woolworths date syrup
  • 2 T lemon juice 2 T
  • salt, to taste

1. Divide each frikkadel in half, then roll each half into a smaller ball.

2. Heat the oil in a large pan and brown the meatballs in batches. Set aside. In the same pan, fry the onions, garlic, chilli and spices until the onions are soft.

3. Add the butter beans, tomatoes and stock and simmer for 15 minutes. In the last 5 minutes of cooking time, add the frikkadels and cook through.

4. To make the salsa, mix the parsley, olives and dates. Drizzle with the date syrup and lemon juice. Serve alongside bowls of the soup.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly 
Food Assistant: Cheri Kustner

Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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