Meatballs...

[jon bda]

Fancy having some homemade meatballs (bloody Sainsburys and their advert! ) this weekend. Anyone have any recipes for something nice with a little spice?.
Thanks!.

[Moby-Dick]

mix mince, finely chopped onion , little bit of garlic, chilli and ginger. season and add a little mixed herb.

job done

[johnny02004976]

damn you jon....now im craving meatballs

im certainly going to fill mine with crushed chillis give it some zing

[Zak33]

from back in 2004! in this very forum

slightly more adventureous....and I know its good, cos even TiG ate them

1 Packet of mince
1 Green(mild) Chilli ...chopped fine
1 lump of hard cheese (cheddar, pecorino, parmesan, whatever) grated
1 glass red wine
1 tin chopped tomatoes

Put mince, chilli and grated cheese into a bowl, mix first with spoon, then with hands......really SQUISH it up...

Get large pan....put oil in and heat it on low gas.

make balls from meat, about table-tennis ball sized with your hands. Put into oil one at a time as you make them.....don't move them about too much...just let em cook on one side for 5 mniutes and by the time the last one is made, move the first one a bit....the odd one might split in half....tough....dont matter.

Once mildly cooked (10 minutes roughly) pour over glass of red wine...bring back to the boil....pour over the tin of chopped toms....bring back to boil.

Mild simmer (that means low gas, gently bubbling)

Cook for 10 minutes like that.

Total time...about 25 minutes....all in

Grate last bit cheese if you got some.

[jon bda]

Cheers guys, will give them a go...Shelleys craving Zak's recipe already after seeing the magic words 'RED WINE' in it...