Ingredients for the chutney:
1 onion
1 ginger (2 cm)
1 chili pepper
1 handful of dried apple rings
3 tablespoons sugar
100 g dried cranberries
2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
100 ml apple juice
1 pinch of gingerbread spice
1 splash of lime juice
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of sugar
Pot
Preparation:
Peel the onion and peel the ginger. Wash the chili pepper, halve it lengthways and remove the seeds. Then finely chop the onion, ginger and chili pepper. Now cut the apple rings into small pieces and bring them to the boil in a pot on the stove with the onion, ginger, chili, sugar, cranberries, raspberry vinegar, apple juice and gingerbread spice and simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Now season with the lime juice, sugar and salt.
Ingredients for the meatballs:
1 carrot
100g celery
1 piece of ginger (2 cm)
1 shallot (small onion)
1 stalk of leek
4 tablespoons olive oil
250 g red lentils
1 egg
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
pepper from the grinder
1 to 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
Pot
Blender
Preparation:
Peel the carrot, celery and ginger and peel off the shallot. Dice everything finely. Then wash the leek thoroughly and also cut the middle third into small pieces. Heat the olive oil in a pot and sauté the vegetables over medium heat. Rinse the lentils thoroughly and add them to the vegetables. Cover the vegetables and lentils with water, bring to the boil briefly and let simmer over low to medium heat for 12 to 15 minutes.
Drain off the excess water and briefly puree with a stand mixer. Now add the egg, then season the mixture with lime juice, curry powder, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper. Now mix in enough breadcrumbs so that the lentil mixture can be easily formed into meatballs.
The lentil meatballs can be easily heated on the grill or in the pan. Arrange the veggie meatballs with cranberry chutney on plates and serve. A fresh salad goes well with it.