These are, without doubt, the best and easiest meatballs I’ve ever made. We all love them, and they make a fairly quick but very tasty evening meal when served with tomato sauce and pasta.

Ingredients

  • 650g minced meat (beef or half/half beef and pork)
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp mixed dried herbs
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 3 – 6 tbsp very fine dried breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1.  Preheat the oven to 200°C
  2. Mix all the ingredients together, except the breadcrumbs.
  3. Add these a tablespoon at a time, until you have a mixture which is sticky but not too wet.
  4. Line a baking tray with non-stick foil
  5. Using your hands, form the mixture into about 25 – 30 firm meatballs, each roughly the size of a ping-pong ball (or large walnut or whatever)
  6. Place the meatballs on the tray and bake for 20mins until nicely browned.