There is a delightful advert on TV at the moment where this gogo looks at her pale raw chicken in the roasting pan and says “This chicken needs spice!” She finds some and says, “This spice is nice but I want more nicer!”
Well that holds true for last night’s kofta recipe. Just the name ‘kofta’ gets the taste buds anticipating full flavours, both tantalizing the tongue as well as the exhalation flavour centres. But this recipe fails by about 50% in the flavour department. There is no seasoning listed in the recipe at all. Only onions and some lemon zest are included to help the mutton flavours. Nee Skattie, whoever put this recipe together was having a bad day. They are just bland meatballs in a different shape. I would add garlic and some rosemary, or some other Middle Eastern spices like cloves.
Another lesson learnt and experience gained though, so no waste. We served the koftas with a chunky salad and delicious potato wedges roasted in a smidgeon of olive oil and salt and pepper. Salad bits were chunky so that we could dip them into the tsatsiki sauce we made from scratch. If I ever make koftas again, I will trawl the web for a better recipe. So as far as points go…no more than 3 out of 10!
Incidentally, Son had the left over smoked chicken risotto the next day. He had it cold and said that it was the best chicken salad ever! The flavours came out on parade apparently, even though the dish was cold. So the instructions are to make lots next time so that there is enough for cold leftovers the next day!
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