Dear Lemon Lovers, here’s a new recipe just for you! L’Orso in Cucina (https://www.lorsoincucina.it/) delighted us with these delicious lemon-scented meatballs.

Ingredients:

• 400 g ground beef
• 100 g white bread
• 100 g grated pecorino
• Half a glass of milk
• Lemon leaves
• Chopped chives, to taste
• 1 spring onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Salt
• Pepper
• 100 g breadcrumbs

Start by soaking the bread in milk, then mix it with the ground beef, chopped spring onion and finely chopped chives.
Add the oil, lemon juice and zest, salt and pepper.

Shape the mixture into meatballs, coat them in breadcrumbs, and place each one between two lemon leaves, securing them with a toothpick.

Drizzle with a little olive oil, optionally grate some extra lemon zest on top, and bake at 180°C (356°F) for 20 minutes.

I served them hot, accompanied by a homemade lemon mayonnaise.