Super-versatile meatballs

Lunchbox recipe for 4 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has onion, breadcrumbs, parsley, lean pork mince, turkey mince, nutmeg, plain flour, rapeseed oil, butter, beef stock and single cream.

Super-versatile meatballs

Super-versatile meatballs

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Lunchbox
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Onion: 1/2 medium onion, roughly chopped
  • Parsley: 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • Butter: 1 tbsp butter
  • Rapeseed Oil: rapeseed oil for frying
  • Nutmeg: grating of nutmeg
  • Plain Flour: 1 tbsp plain flour plus more for dusting
  • Turkey Mince: 200g turkey mince
  • Beef Stock: 400ml hot beef stock
  • Single Cream: 2 tbsp single cream
  • Breadcrumbs: 85g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • Lean Pork Mince: 200g lean pork mince

Directions

  1. Whizz the onion, breadcrumbs and parsley in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the mince, nutmeg and seasoning. Use the pulse button to mix but don't overdo it or you'll make a paste. Form into 20 walnut-sized meatballs and dust with flour.
  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the meatballs in batches until they are browned all over, then carefully lift them out with a slotted spoon and drain them on kitchen paper.
  3. Melt the butter in the pan, then sprinkle over the flour and stir well. Cook for 2 mins, then slowly whisk in the stock. Keep whisking until it is a thick gravy, then return the meatballs to the pan and cook them for 5 mins. Stir in the cream. Before serving, check one to see if they are cooked all the way through to the centre.