Now that my boys are more game for tomato sauce and Marcus is even enjoying dipping his meat into a little ketchup, I made the beef meatballs again last Monday for dinner, but this time with grated apple.
The meatballs were served with homemade tomato sauce and pappardelle. It was awesome!
I even sprinkled dried basil generously (forgot to buy fresh basil!) and the dish turned out to be such a hit!
Even little Chipsy, who normally rejects anything with a hint of tomato or herbs, finished everything in his bowl.
Marcus who is nursing an ulcer on his lip (caused by a classmate who punched his mouth while they were rough playing in class) suffered a little from the tomato sauce but he endured it because he wanted to eat his delicious dinner. Definitely a thumbs up from my young critics.
E was away on business trip, so I ate his share. Hah!
Ingredients for meatballs:
220g minced beef
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 organic red apple, grated
sea salt and pepper (optional)
plain flour for dusting and coating
oil for frying
Preparation:
1. Mix first 4 ingredients together and form into small balls with hands. I like to make smaller meatballs since they cook quickly and easier for small kids to handle. I didn't add salt and pepper in this case as I served the meatballs with my tomato sauce which was already salted.
2. Roll meatballs onto plain flour to coat thinly
3. Drop them into oil for shallow frying for a few minutes and drain onto kitchen paper if serving on its own.
As I made these meatballs to be served with pappardelle and tomato sauce, I cooked the tomato sauce first and while it was simmering, I started preparing the meatballs.
When the meatballs were cooked and drained, I dropped them into my pan of simmering tomato sauce which was also ready and let them sit in the sauce for another few minutes while I get the pasta done.
Then it was a quick assembling job of meatballs and sauce onto piping hot pasta, topped with a sprinkle of dried (or fresh) basil and generous helping of grated cheddar.
Viola! :)
4 comments:
hi,
i juz had my dinner but i m still drooling over ur dish.
tat was very rough play. hope marcus recovers fast.
Oh yummy! I love meatballs... the best I've had were in Spain but have never ever been able to recreate them. So I'm sticking to the IKEA ones!
Hi Kelly, it was one-sided rough play by the other classmate who is a big fan of Transformer and all fighting shows and cartoons. After suffering for a week, Marcus' lip has finally recovered. In a way, it is a good lesson for him, so now he knows how rough this friend can be and will not play like this with him anymore.
Ivana, I am usually not a big fan of meatballs when we are out dining but my hubby is, which is one of my motivation for recreating them at home. Never tried the Ikea ones, though I have seen the frozen bags in the Ikea store. Meatballs are real easy to make at home though. I always wish i make enough to freeze.
pls share ur meatball recipe. thks!
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