Another favourite recipes, this one is for my wifes boss, the lovely Kay.
The following make shitloads, well depending on the size of yer balls, my wiffe like ‘em small, you may like ‘em big, anyhow you can freeze what you don’t use.
you will need:
1lb Lean beef mince
1/2lb Pork mince
2 – 3 slices of bread
2 Large Spanish onions
salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning (be quite generous)
1 Large egg.
method:
You will need a large deep mixing bowl (I got mine for under 3 quid at Asda) and a hand blender or liquidizer. If you haven’t you will need to chop the onions and bread as fine as possible.
First off chop the onions then puree with a hand blender inthe large deep bowl. Now cut up the bread into small pieces, add to bowl and use the blender to mix together. When bread and onion well blended (no lumps) add the beef and pork mince the seasoning and egg.
(you can experiment quite a bit with the seasoning. Try adding chilli, garlic and cumin for Mexican style ball, or even substituting the pork with lamb mince and North African style balls)
Now the best way to blend all the ingredients is by using yer hands (wash ‘em first though) Mix throughly until you have one great big f— off meatball. Now grease a large baking tray.
Now prepare a floured surface a plate or tray of whatever and extra for your hands. Get the size of ball you want from the mixture and roll between your palms, then place on a floured surface. do this until all the mixure has gone.
You can now either bake them for 10 – 15 mins (200 gas 5 – 6) or pan fry ‘em it’s up to you.
For the sauce please see the recipe for tuna meatballs.
