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Super-Versatile Meatballs

Take to school in: a widenecked thermos, best served with pasta for school. - by Barbara Northwood
  • 03 Apr 2019
Super-Versatile Meatballs
Prep: 15 Minutes - Cook: 30 Minutes - Easy - Serves 4
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Serve these Swedish-style with potatoes and lingonberry jam, or over pasta or steamed rice. Add a side salad or veg. You can use a slow cooker for this, making up the whole recipe then leaving it to cook through on Low for 6 hours. 

Ingredients

½ medium onion, roughly chopped

85g fresh white breadcrumbs

1 tbsp chopped parsley

200g lean pork mince

200g turkey mince

grating of nutmeg

1 tbsp plain flour plus more for dusting

rapeseed oil for frying

1 tbsp butter

400ml hot beef stock

2 tbsp single cream

Method

  1. Whizz the onion, breadcrumb s and parsley in a food processor until finely chopped . Add the mince , nutmeg andseasoning. Use the pulse button to mix but don’t overdo itor you’ll make a paste. Form into 20walnut-sized meatballs and dustwith flour.

  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the meatballs in batches until they are browned all over, then carefully lift them out with a slotted spoon and drain them on kitchen paper.

  3. Melt the butter in the pan, then sprinkle over the flour and stir well. Cook for 2 mins, then slowly whisk in the stock. Keep whisking until it is a thick gravy, then return the meatballs to the pan and cook them for 5 mins . Stir in the cream. Before serving, check one to see if they are cooked all the way through to the centre.

PER SERVING 

314 kcals • fat 13g • saturates 4g • carbs 16g • sugars 2g • fibre 2g • protein 31g • salt 0.8g

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Barbara Northwood
Barbara Northwood
Barbara has over 38 years experience in the food industry, loves sharing advice, recipes and know-how on everything food. She’s a passionate gardener and being to grow fresh herbs, lemons and rhubarb and more, gives her great satisfaction.

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