Blended mince and mushroom meatballs
Hidden veggies round out these beef meatballs
Serves
4
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
So simple to make, so easy to flavour as you wish, and terrific to make in advance and freeze. Meatballs are ideal as tapas, an entrée, or as a hearty meal. This recipe adds a delicious twist to this family favourite by including a mince and mushroom blend, making it a healthy meal for the whole family.
This is a fantastic way to get kids to eat more veggies – once they are grated into the mince they virtually disappear.
Recipe courtesy of Meadow Mushrooms.
So simple to make, so easy to flavour as you wish, and terrific to make in advance and freeze. Meatballs are ideal as tapas, an entrée, or as a hearty meal. This recipe adds a delicious twist to this family favourite by including a 50/50 mince and mushroom blend, making it a healthy meal for the whole family. This is a fantastic way to get kids to eat more veggies – once they are grated into the sauce they virtually disappear. Recipe courtesy of Meadow Mushrooms.
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ShareIngredients
350g Quality Mark beef mince
blended with mushrooms150g Meadow Mushrooms
blended with mince½ onion
grated1 ½ cups fresh breadcrumbs
2 Tbsp parsley
finely chopped1 egg
beaten1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp ground black pepper
Method
If you are going to fry your meatballs, start with a 30/70 blend of mushrooms to mince or up the quantity of breadcrumbs to 2 cups per 200g as the mixture needs to be a bit stiffer for ease of frying.
Finely chop the mushrooms (or blitz in the blender) to replicate mince, then combine with mince, onion, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in a bowl mixing well with your hands.
Shape into golf ball sized balls. Recipe should make around 20.
To cook, you can either fry in a pan with olive oil for about 5 minutes, until cooked through. Or drop into a simmering sauce of your choice, for 5 minutes to poach, turning once.
