Super-versatile meatballs

family friendly freezable kids lunchbox meatballs pork swedish meatballs

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Ingredients

½ medium onion , roughly chopped

85g fresh white breadcrumbs

1 tbsp chopped parsley

200g lean pork mince

200g turkey mince

grating of nutmeg

1 tbsp plain flour plus more for dusting

rapeseed oil for frying

1 tbsp butter

400ml hot beef stock

2 tbsp single cream

Method

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.

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.

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.