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Grilled Tunisian Merguez
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Grilled Tunisian Merguez

Tunisian merguez - homemade lamb and harissa sausages on the grill, a classic Maghreb dish with herbs

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Tunisian👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground lamb with the garlic, harissa, cilantro, egg, cumin, chili, cinnamon, olive oil and salt until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Shape the mixture into long finger-shaped patties.
  3. 3
    Heat a grill on high heat.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  4. 4
    Grill the sausages 6–8 minutes, turning occasionally.
    Tongs
    💡Don't press the meat or flip it more than once: the juices run out and the meat dries out. It releases from the grate once the underside is browned.
  5. 5
    Serve with salad and pita.
447calories
23 gprotein
2 gcarbs
38 gfat
● protein 21%● carbs 2%● fat 77%

Per serving (165 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2)

  • Tongs · Also works: Turner (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Pierces the meat)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

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