Toffee Apple Meatballs

The Perfect Summer Beef Mince Recipe

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Serves

10

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Perfect picnic food - chip-coated meatballs - a real treat for the kids, although you’ll find the adults sneaking away with one or two for themselves!

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Ingredients

  • 750g Quality Mark beef mince

  • 1/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs

  • 3 spring onions

    finely sliced
  • a handful of parsley

    chopped
  • 4 gherkins

    finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce

  • 150g of potato chipsi

    crushed

Method

1

Preheat the oven to 200ºC.

2

In a bowl mix together the beef mince, breadcrumbs, egg, spring onions, parsley, gherkins if using, and tomato sauce.

3

Season with salt and pepper if wished.

4

With wet hands, mould into 10 balls.

5

Roll in the crushed potato chips to coat.

6

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until cooked and the chip coating is golden.

7

Serve like a toffee apple, pierced with a bamboo skewer or butcher’s stick, with plenty of tomato sauce on the side.

Nutrition Information per Serving (236g)

Energy1780kJ (425 kcal)
Protein38.6g
Total Fat16.9g
Saturated Fat5.2g
Carbohydrate28.1g
Sodium478mg
Iron6.7mg
Zinc7.1mg
Vitamin B124.4µg