Meatballs
Time required; approx 30mins Serves 5
A favourite in my house, I often make up a big batch of these, and we eat them tossed through Passata, with wraps, in lunchboxes, even the baby gets a handful.
Ingredients
- 500g lean beef mince
- 1 egg
- herbs (fresh thyme or parsley)
- 50g Parmesan grated finely
- 1/3 cup milk
- salt and pepper
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Mix all ingredients by hand in a large stainless steel bowl.
- Place rounded dessert spoonfuls of mixture on oven tray well spaced (too close together and they will sweat and steam rather than caramelise).
- Place rounded dessert spoonfuls of mixture on oven tray well spaced (too close together and they will sweat and steam rather than caramelise).
- Bake in oven for 20minutes, until the meatballs are browned and crispy on top, and just cooked through. Too long and they will dry out.
Serving
- Toss through some heated Passata and serve with pasta and a salad.
- Have with wraps, hummus, cucumber, tomato and barbecued zucchini.
- Refrigerate and pop in lunchboxes.
- Give to baby plain for them to squash/taste/munch.
Freezing
- Freeze meatballs in a well sealed container. To reheat, simply make up a pasta sauce on the stove and throw the meatballs in, they will defrost in the sauce over a low heat while your pasta cooks. Fresh dinner in 15minutes.