The recipe that follows is easy and makes really tasty meatballs, together with a tomato sauce. All you'll have to do later on is cook the spaghetti. As a rough guide 450g of minced meat will give you sixteen meatballs.
Meatballs
450g minced beef, pork or turkey
*salt and black pepper
*garlic – either 2 tsps of paste or 2 cloves, crushed
*mixed herbs or garlic Italian seasoning – a generous sprinkle
*half a tsp of chilli
*heaped tbsp of tomato paste
*1 egg
sprinkle of plain flour
Rapeseed or vegetable oil for shallow frying
Place the mince in a large mixing bowl then add the remaining ingredients marked *, mix well. At this point your mixture may be too wet. If it is, sprinkle a little plain flour over the mixture and fold in gently.
Use a teaspoon as a measure and heaped with mixture, roll it between your hands and set aside on a board. When the meatballs are ready, heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry on a low heat, gently and carefully shaking the pan to ensure they are evenly coloured – use tongs if you are accident prone! Seal the meatballs in batches - 8 at a time and then transfer to an oven-proof dish or foil tray ready for later – cool, cover and fridge.
Then there's the tomato sauce … or an alternative
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