How_to_Make_Meatballs

Ingredients |Imperial |Metric | | |Lean minced beef |1 lb |450 g | |Cracked wheat (Bulgar wheat) |4 oz |110 g | |Mango chutney |4 tablespoons |4 tablespoons | |Garlic clove |1 |1 | |Egg |1medium |1 medium | |Parsley |1 handful |1 handful | |Vegetable oil |about 1 pint |about ½ litre | |Sauce |  |  | |Chopped tomatoes |14 oz |400 g | |Onion |1 medium |1 medium | |Garlic clove |1 |1 | |Green beans |4 oz |125 g | |Red pepper |1 |1 | |Olive oil |1 tablespoon |1 tablespoon | |  |  |  | |Salt and pepper |To taste |To taste | COOKING EQUIPMENT 1 medium frying pan 2 medium pans PREPARATION |[pic] |Soak cracked wheat in cold water (at start of recipe) | | |Finely chop both garlic cloves | | |Peel and cop the onion | | |Finely chop the parsley | | |Chop the beans (see picture below) | | |Remove pith and seeds from red pepper and slice (see picture below) | Method |First, place the cracked wheat in a bowl of cold water to soak. |[pic] | |Add the olive oil then start frying the chopped onions in the frying pan on a | | |low heat. Don't brown them, cook for about 15 minutes. At the same time, put | | |the sliced green beans in a pan of just boiling water. | |   |[pic] |Put the minced beef, 1 chopped garlic clove and salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix | | |well with your hands. | | |Put the mango chutney and chopped parsley (save a couple of sprigs for use as | | |garnish later) in another bowl and mix well. |   |Make ping pong sized balls from the minced beef mixture (about 15 balls). |[pic] | |For each meatball, flatten it gently in to about the size of a beef burger. Place | | |a small teaspoon of the mango chutney mixture in the middle of the meat and draw | | |up the sides of the meat to re-form a ping pong sized ball. | |   |[pic] |The onions and beans should be cooked now (about 15 minutes). Drain the beans | | |of water, add the cooked onions, tomatoes, sliced red pepper, garlic and salt | | |and pepper to taste. | | |Cook the sauce mixture on a low heat whilst completing the rest of the recipe.|   |Drain the cracked wheat using a seive and force out some more of the water from the wheat by pressing with a spoon. | | |Break the egg into a ball and lightly mix it up  with a fork. If you are cooking rice, start it off now. | |   |[pic] |Pour the vegetable oil into the frying pan and turn the heat up to high. | | |Dip each of the meatballs in the egg and then roll it in the cracked wheat to get| | |a thick coating. | | |Put the coated meatballs in the hot vegetable oil and cook for six minutes | | |turning each minute. | |Place the cooked meatballs on warm plates and pour the sauce next to them on the|[pic] | |plate. | | |Add the rice (if wanted) and garnish the meatballs with a few of sprigs of | | |parsley. About three to four meatballs for each adult.  | |