Meatballs
These delicious meatballs can be spiced up using chilli and serve with pasta and home-made tomato sauce. When preparing mould with damp/wet hands to save sticking
Preparation time: 20 - 30 minutes Quantity: Makes 16 balls or 4 - 5 portions Cooking time: 10 - 15 minutes
Ingredients
1 red onion finely chopped
2 crushed cloves garlic
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon fresh mixed herbs
500g/1 lb minced beef (460g)
1 whole egg
60g/2 oz fresh crumbs
1 tablespoon tomato puree (optional)
Method
- Sauté onions until soft
- Add all ingredients
- Cook out spices
- Cool
- Add fresh herbs
- Add to minced beef , add 1 whole egg, fresh crumbs and tom puree (optional)
- Mix well and generously season
- Mould in to 1-2oz meatballs