Quick Recipe: Mini meatballs

Cooking/prep time: 20 minsServes 275g (3oz) frozen mixed vegetables – peas, sweetcorn, carrots, etc; 225g (8oz) lean minced pork or lamb; 15ml (1tbsp) tomato ketchup

Heat oven to Gas mark 6, 200C, 400F.

Cook the frozen mixed vegetables in a microwave

for one to two minutes and chop finely. In a bowl, place lean minced pork, add the

chopped vegetables and 15ml (1tbsp) tomato ketchup and mix well.

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Shape teaspoons full of the mince mixture into about 24 balls and place onto a baking tray.

Cook in a pre-heated oven for about 10 minutes.

Serve the meatballs stuffed into pitta breads with ketchup or dip of choice, potato wedges or shapes, onion or vegetable rings

and salad.

Alternatively, put a 680ml jar of passatta with herbs in a large oven-proof dish, add raw balls and scatter with 25g Mozzarella cheese, grated.

Bake in oven for 20 mins at Gas Mark 6, 200C, 400F until cheese is melted and golden brown.

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