Meatballs With Eggplant And Feta - cooking recipe

Ingredients

400 g eggplants, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
500 g ground beef or 500 g lamb
1/3 cup parsley, chopped
1/3 mint, crushed
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
200 g feta, crumbled
salt and pepper
olive oil, extra
lemon wedge, to serve

Preparation

Heat oven to 190c.
Toss the finely chopped eggplant in the two tablespoons of oil, spread on an oven tray and cook for 30 minutes or until golden. Cool.
Combine cooled eggplant and remaining ingredients (except extra oil and lemon wedges). form into 36 walnut sized balls (I got about 40!).
Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and cook the balls in a couple of batches on all sides for about 5 minutes.
Transfer to a baking tray and cook about 5 minutes more in a 190c oven.