Shes a friend of mine and an amazing cook who I think is extremely creative in designing meals and also in her food presentation.
She's also a really good baker and if you happen to be in Zimbabwe, do yourself a favor and order yourself a cake or some cupcakes. [refer to pictures below].
You can find her on the B'dazzled Cake Creations on Facebook.
She hooked me up with this meatball recipe. Now Ill have you know that this is a meal Ive been meaning to make for some time now so I'm definitely going to try this recipe out.
I usually buy the ready-made meatballs but after sampling some home-made ones last mth done by another friend of mine, I don't think I'll ever cook them without making them my self.
Ingredients:
1 Kg Beef mince
1 egg
1/2 each of large red, yellow and green peppers
1 green chilli [add more if you like]
Salt, spices and herbs to taste
1 can tinned chopped tomatoes
Sweet chilli sauce
Fruit chutney
1 cup water
Oil for shallow frying
Fresh chopped parsley
1. Place the minced beef, peppers, chilli, seasoning and egg in a bowl.
2. Heat oil in a skillet or pan.
3. While pan heats up, shape mince mixture into medium sized meat balls.
4. When pan is hot [but not smoking] place meatballs in pan and cover them [turn them often to ensure you maintain the round shape]
5. Once covered allow meatballs to brown on all sides
6. Transfer meatballs to greaseproof paper reserving the juices in the pan.
7. Add the tomatoes to the pan stirring frequently to ensure they don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
8. Season tomato sauce with salt and reduce heat. Allow to simmer for 2 min.
9. Mix 3 tbsp each of the sweet chilli sauce and chutney with water and add to the tomato sauce and allow to simmer until slightly thickened.
10. Add meatballs and a sprinkle of half the herbs and cover with lid and simmer for 15-20 min on low heat.
11. Serve with rice, and vegetables of your choice and sprinkle the remainder of the chopped herbs.
