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Meatballs with Attitude are full of flavor, juicy and simply delicious!

Meatballs with attitude! Well, yes, these little meatballs certainly have attitude! The flavor is really lovely. I’m always looking for new ways to enhance certain foods, making them fuller in flavour, using fresh ingredients and of course, creating recipes that are moist, have texture and taste.

Often I have eaten meatballs and they have been so dry and totally lacking in flavour. This is such a shame, especially when you use good ingredients, such as a good quality ground meat so that’s what made me decide to make up my very own recipe and hence the name Meatballs With Attitude!

In this recipe, I show you how to make your meatballs with some flavour combinations you may not have thought of using, all of which, when they are combined, ensure your meatballs will be juicy and succulent, and yet a little crispy on the outside. They go perfect with a sauce of your choice, maybe a tomato sauce, or a cream sauce & pasta, or stick toothpicks in them, make up some sweet chili sauce or tzatziki and have them as a starter! This recipe is suitable using any ground meat, such as chicken, turkey,pork, lamb or soya.

Ingredients:

1 pound / 500 g Ground beef, or ground meat of your choice. (Often I will use half beef and half pork)
1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1 Tablespoon Tomato puree
1 egg
Salt & pepper for seasoning
Generous handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped finely
1 Scallion / spring onion, chopped finely
Handful of mushrooms, chopped finely
1/4 Red chili pepper (mild heat)
1/4 Green chili pepper (mild heat)
1 clove garlic, chopped finely
Dash of Tabasco (optional)
1 Tablespoon olive oil for cooking
2 Tablespoons of flour for dusting.

Instructions:

1. Firstly, finely chop all the ingredients that need to be chopped.

2. In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and use your hands to mix everything in.  Keep mixing for a good  2-3 minutes as this will help to incorporate everything and tenderise the meat.

3. Dust your hands lightly with flour and roll out the meat into golf ball sized balls with the palms of your hands. Compress as you roll so they don’t fall apart. Lay them out ready for the next step.

TIP: It is after this stage the meatballs can be frozen. Wrap in parchment and then place in zippy bags.

4. Add olive oil to a pan and when hot enough, add the meatballs carefully, and turn once they have browned. Keep turning them until they are browned all over.

Once cooked, serve your delicious Meatballs With Attitude with your favourite sauce, and pasta, or have them like I did, on a Yorkshire pudding with lashings of gravy and fresh vegetables.

You can also serve them on a platter, stick cocktail sticks in them, make up some different dips and eat them like they are!

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Meatballs served with Yorkshire Pudding, steamed veggies and of course lovely gravy!

Serve with a delicious Tomato Sauce recipe.

Make a delicious Pineapple or Mango chutney to accompany your meatballs

or a lovely  Yorkshire Pudding recipe (a.k.a Popovers)

If you LOVE garlic, then why not try our lovely Garlic and Meatballs Pasta Meal. It’s really easy and bursting of flavor!

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Meatballs With Attitude

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

I'm always looking for new ways to enhance certain foods, making them fuller in flavour, using fresh ingredients and of course, creating recipes that are moist, have texture and taste. Often I have eaten meatballs and they have been so dry and totally lacking in flavour. This is such a shame, especially when you use good ingredients, such as a good quality ground meat. In this recipe, I show you how to make your meatballs with some flavour combinations you may not have thought of using, all of which, when they are combined, ensure your meatballs will be juicy and succulent, and yet a little crispy on the outside. They go perfect with a sauce of your choice, maybe a tomato sauce, or a cream sauce & pasta, or stick toothpicks in them, make up some sweet chili sauce or tzatziki and have them as a starter!

Servings: 22

Ingredients

• 1 pound / 500 g Ground beef
• 1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 Teaspoon Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Tomato puree
• 1 egg
• Salt & pepper for seasoning
• Generous handful of flat leaf parsley chopped finely
• 1 Scallion / spring onion chopped finely
• Handful of mushrooms chopped finely
• 1/4 Red chili pepper mild heat
• 1/4 Green chili pepper mild heat
• 1 clove garlic chopped finely
• Dash of Tabasco optional
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil for cooking
• 2 Tablespoons of flour for dusting.

Instructions

1. Firstly, finely chop all the ingredients that need to be chopped.
2. In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and use your hands to mix everything in. Keep mixing for a good 2-3 minutes as this will help to incorporate everything and tenderise the meat.
3. Dust your hands lightly with flour and roll out the meat into golf ball sized balls with the palms of your hands. Compress as you roll so they don't fall apart. Lay them out ready for the next step.
4. It is after this stage the meatballs can be frozen. Wrap in parchment and then place in zippy bags.
5. Add olive oil to a pan and when hot enough, add the meatballs carefully, and turn once they have browned. Keep turning them until they are browned all over.
6. Once cooked, serve with your favourite sauce, and pasta, or have them like I did, on a Yorkshire pudding with lashings of gravy and fresh vegetables.
7. You can also serve them on a platter, stick cocktail sticks in them, make up some different dips and eat them like they are!