Jerusalem (3): Beef meatballs with broad beans and lemon

This dish taught me a valuable lesson to read a recipe not once, but twice. I made a few big mistakes: shelling all the broad beans, forgetting to buy dill and capers, substituting the brown onion for a half a red onion that was in the fridge, and hoping that panko breadcrumbs would be a […]

Everyday (Karen Martini) (5): Pork & Pine Nut Polpette

While this dish was absolutely delicious I’m not convinced it is a weeknight meal as suggested in the recipe introduction. The prep is arduous and the cooking time long. But the end result is sensational, so persevere and cook these meatballs when you have time on your hands. Mess factor: **** Weeknight meal appropriateness: […]

Mr Wilkinson’s Favourite Vegetables (1): Braised Eggplant, Tomato & Meatballs

A glut of eggplants resulting from needing Thai eggplants for one recipe but receiving Lebanese ones instead (when I really, really needed Thai eggplants!) meant I needed to find an eggplant-heavy recipe and I am really glad I found this one by Matt Wilkinson. This is one of those memorable meals that you eat […]

Thailand (2): Pork and Herb Meatballs

Warning: do not consider cooking this if you don’t like a good chop and dice. The smell of these wonderfully fresh and light meatballs will make your mouth water while you fry the meatballs up. I was not entirely convinced by the accompanying rice, so perhaps consider serving the meatballs with rice vermicelli to […]

A Modern Way to Eat (3): Mint, Pistachio and Courgette Polpette

Polpette [pol’pette]: Italian for meatball Reading the blurb for this recipe Anna Jones suggests the polpette could be eaten with spaghetti, served in pitta or, as the recipe states, served on top of quinoa. I opted for a vegetarian take on spaghetti and meatballs and know this will join the rotation of our meatless […]

The Silver Spoon: Pasta (1): Rigatoni with Meatballs

This recipe is like the opposite of my go-to meatball dish. For starters the vegetables make up the sauce, whereas I tend to overload my meatballs with grated zucchini, carrot, onion…really whatever is left in the fridge. Secondly, not too long ago I started baking meatballs in the oven due only to the fact that […]

week 14: Giant Meatballs stuffed with Mozzarella

Last week I made Giant Meatballs stuffed with Mozzarella from April’s Gourmet Traveller. Using a food processor, this recipe was easy to make and they were a welcome, flavourful treat for a cold Autumn night but if I’m honest I am not the biggest fan of working with uncooked meat, so squeezing out the sausage […]