*****TASTY meat BALLS***** (Beef Recipes)

Member Name: katestuartuk

Product:	Beef Recipes
Date:	27/09/06 (12660 review reads)
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Advantages: Tastes great, easy to make, suitable for home freezing.

Disadvantages: Can be a bit clarty (that means messy!)

GET THE BALLS OUT BABY, IT'S BEEF FOR TEA!!!!

I have, over the past few weeks, managed somehow to disclose some of my ultra-secret recipes for sweets and sauces and other delights, and so I figured since the cat is well and truly out of the bag, what the heck. The world can have my meatball recipe *sob*, and I shall just have to bask in the joy emitting from said world on the production of devine meatball creations herewith. Or something!

So you've been warned!! This is a Kate Stuart Extraordinaire Recipe for Premium Meatballs. Don't make them too often, or the gorgeousness of them may encourage long-term addiction, and as yet, there appears to be no cure for The KS Meatball Addiction Pheonomenon. (Did I spell that right...?)

HEALTH WARNING: YOU MAY BECOME ADDICTED TO SUCH DELICIOUSNESS...CREATE THE MEATBALLS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

Okay, now the lecture is over, on with the important bit....The Meatball Recipe....

Ingredients

1lb lean, proper good British Beef Mince.
1 small onion, finely chopped (Tiny Tiny pieces please)
1 large garlic clove, crushed or grated (grated makes for a stronger flavour)
1 slice of bread (white or brown, doesn't matter which) grated to fine breadcrumbs.
1 tablespoon of beaten egg
Flour for shaping

1 teaspoon cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 tablespoons tomato puree
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard (or colmans yellow mustard powder will do too.)
2 heaped tablespoons of fresh, finely chopped parsley, thyme and oregano.
1 heavy splash of Worcestershire sauce
2 drops of tabasco sauce

salt and fresh ground black pepper.

Method

This is the fun bit. Okay, get a bit bowl, put all your herbs, your tomato puree, your egg, your salt and pepper, your garlic, your mustard, tabasco and worcestershire sauce into the bowl and blend it all together. Add the uncooked beef and onions, and with clean hands, get in there and squidge it all together. Yes, that is the correct terminology and I'm quite sure Jamie Oliver would be proud. SQUIDGE!!! Go on..I know you want to....Now, when the meat is squidged in with the saucy-ness, add the breadcrumbs.

On a hot hob have a heavy bottomed frying pan with sunflower oil heating up. (Try saying THAT fast!!!)

Have 2 plates, one for the uncooled balls and one for the seered balls. I know I know, but all will be revealed.

In another heavy bottomed stock pot, have a good three pints of my famous tomato sauce (see earlier review and disclosure of THIS secret recipe *sigh*) simmering away happily.

Clean your hands, dry them thoroughly and using small tablespoon sizes of the mixture, and with flour coated hands, roll into ball shapes. Place the balls on the plate and continue till there is no mixture left. This will take a while - I've never timed it, but this mixture makes enough balls to feed a family of four with leftovers for tomorrow, so we're talking a lot of balls, obviously depending on how big you make them. Just don't get disheartened - the balls will truly be worth it in the end!!!!

When the mixture has all metamorphosed into meatballs, place the balls gently into the frying pan and fry until they start to go golden brown. As each one changes colour, take it out of the frying pan and pop into the hot sauce mix. When all the balls are in the tomato sauce, simmer for a further ten minutes, stirring GENTLY, before serving.

To serve, there are unlimitless combinations you could concoct! I like this recipe served with tagliatelle or spagetti, black pepper and grated cheese. You can serve them with rice, or turn the dish in chilli concarne by adding peppers and chillies to the sauce and turning up the quantity of tabasco in the meat mix. It is a very adaptable recipe, and I am sure you will find a way to make it your own! You certainly have my blessing!


This is great on cold winter Saturdays when you can't be bothered to go out but fancy something a little bit special that doesn't require a lot of effort!

Hope you enjoy your Tasty Meat Balls, thankyou for reading, Kate x

Summary: Great tasting SECRET recipe to share with one and all!