Food & Wine
Spicy meatballs
These authentic, Italian, spicy meatballs are the perfect appetizer, main course, or pasta accomplice. Packed with hearty flavour, these will soon become a weekly staple.
Ingredients:
- 450g of minced pork
- 400g of Polpa - finely chopped tomato pulp
- 1 egg
- 1 spring onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon of chilli powder
- ½ cup of breadcrumbs
- Seed oil for frying
- Coriander
- Salt
Method:
- Finely dice the spring onion and mix it with the meat, garlic, half of the chilli powder, cumin seeds, breadcrumbs, egg and salt, in a bowl.
- Roll the mixture obtained into balls. In a pan heat the seed oil and fry over high heat for a few minutes.
- Meanwhile cook the tomato pulp with the remaining chilli powder and a generous sprinkling of salt. Add the meatballs to the sauce and leave them to flavour in the sauce for a few minutes. Serve the meatballs hot with a sprinkling of chopped, fresh coriander.
Recipe courtesy of Mutti Solo Pomodoro. For more recipes, visit their website.
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