Meatballs (and sauces)

Anne_Marie_2

What about this curry version.
For 1/2 lb minced beef (or you could use lamb, turkey, chicken)
Add approx 1 or 2 cloves crushed garlic and some salt and pepper. Mix well and divide the mixture into about 12 balls.

For the sauce
2 tblsps ghee or oil,
4 cloves
8 black peppercorns
4 inch cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
1 cardamom
1 large onion finely chopped
2 - 4 tomatoes quartered (or use some tinned chopped tomatoes if stuck)
1 to 2 tablespoons plain yoghourt
1/2 tsp chilli powder or equivalent in dried/fresh chilli
1/2 pint boiling water
1/2 - 1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste

Heat ghee over a low heat in saucepan, stir in cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and cardamom, stir about for 1 min, then add onion, and cook gently until softened, add the tomatoes, yoghourt and chilli, stirring a little. Add water and salt and bring to the boil. Drop in meatballs. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to a simmer, put lid on pan and allow to simmer for about 15 mins. Just before serving, add garam masala. Serve hot, sprinkled with fresh coriander and have with rice or/and naan bread/chapattis.
Note - fish out the bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon sticks before serving, otherwise someone will try to eat them.

Swan_2

if you want 'plain' meatballs in gravy these are really nice

8oz good quality minced beef
8oz good sausagemeat (used Lidl's lorne once, bad idea)
1 finely chopped onion
1 1/2 teaspoons tomato puree
1 1/2 oz breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 Tablespoon dark soy sauce (or a stock cube)
Bisto or other thickener
salt & pepper

mix mince, sausagemeat, onion, tomato puree, breadcrumbs & egg
form into balls (any size you like, wetting hands help avoid stickiness)
put into pot or slow cooker (they don't need browned & it's ok to layer them)
add enough water to cover & add soy sauce
bring to boil & simmer 3/4 hour (or consult your SC manual for times)
thicken gravy & season to taste

you can serve them straight away, but I prefer to make them in advance & take off any fat that forms on the surface

weenie

Thanks alot for all your recipes, will let you know how i get on and cant wait to try them!!! :j :j

weenie

By the way i have thanked you all in your replies!!!

nikiyoung

The way I make my meatballs is
500 g mince
1 Onion
1 Clove Garlic
2 Carrots
1 Red pepper de-seaded

Put all the veg into a food processor to chop very fine, then add mince let the food processor mix it all up for you! then roll into balls, add to a frying pan with no oil (there will be enough comming out of the mince!) Fry off until nicely browned (removing oil as you go) serve with a tomato based sauce (if cheating I use a jar of tesco pasta sauce!) YUM and the kids eat them!
HTH
Niki

black-saturn

You can push a cube of cheese into the middle of each meatball to make them taste really lovely.

arkonite_babe

Try Dee's oniony meatball recipe. It's in the recipe index and I've used this recipe for meatballs and for burgers.

HTH

pixie1

black-saturn wrote:

You can push a cube of cheese into the middle of each meatball to make them taste really lovely.

Hubby does something simular, he uses parmasan (sp) hmmmm im hungry now LOL

arkonite_babe

black-saturn wrote:

You can push a cube of cheese into the middle of each meatball to make them taste really lovely.

I've done this with burgers in the past using spicy mexican cheese I got in Sainsburys. It was one with chillies in and gave the burgers a nice "kick".

Not sure about meatballs though, might not work with my sauce.

ladygrey_2

I tried this sauce sandy and it was pretty much like Ikeas