Instant Pot Lamb Meatballs with Creamy Lemon and Feta Orzo

Name: Instant Pot Lamb Meatballs with Creamy Lemon and Feta Orzo
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ cup, milk; 3 tablespoons, panko bread crumbs; 1 small, fennel bulb, 2 tablespoons fronds minced, divided, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and chopped fine; 2 teaspoons, grated lemon zest, divided; ½ teaspoon, table salt, divided; 1 pound, ground lamb; 2 teaspoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 12 ounces, Swiss chard, stems chopped fine, leaves chopped into 1-inch pieces; 2 cups 100 percent whole-wheat, orzo; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 cups, chicken broth; 1¼ cups, water; 1 ounce, feta cheese, crumbled (¼ cup)

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This dish, ready in just 45 minutes, combines tender lamb meatballs with creamy orzo pasta, along with an abundance of fresh fennel and Swiss chard.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Healthy and Delicious Instant Pot

SERVES4

TIME45 minutes

Instant Pot Lamb Meatballs with Creamy Lemon and Feta Orzo

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Healthy and Delicious Instant Pot

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For tender, aromatic meatballs, in addition to a simple panade (a mixture of milk and bread crumbs that helps keep meatballs moist), we added fragrant lemon zest and minced fennel fronds to the ground lamb. Shaping the mixture into 1½-inch ...

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