| POLPETTINE (Small meatballs) |
Hot meatballs accompanied with a cold curry tomato sauce. These are delicious and always a hit for the holidays. Serve with
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MEATBALLS
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| 1 lb. |
Medium Ground Beef |
450 g |
|
1 tsp |
Salt |
5 mL |
| 1/4 tsp |
Pepper |
1 mL |
| 1/4 cup |
Minced onion |
50 mL |
| 1 large |
Garlic clove |
1 large |
| 2 tsp |
Worcestershire sauce |
10 mL |
| 1 |
Egg |
1 |
| 1 tbsp each |
Oil & butter |
15 mL each |
SAUCE
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| 1-1/2 tsp |
Butter |
7 mL |
| 2 tbsp |
Finely chopped onion |
30 mL |
| 1/2 tsp |
Curry powder |
2 mL |
| 1/2 cup |
Ketchup |
125 mL |
| 1/4 cup |
Tomato juice |
50 mL |
| 1 tsp |
Worcestershire sauce |
5 mL |
| 1/8 tsp |
Tarragon |
.5 mL |
| 1/8 tsp |
Pepper |
.5 mL |
| 2 tbsp |
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese |
30 mL |
Mix all meatball ingredients together, form bite-size meat balls and fry in oil and butter. Be sure to fry them at last minute to serve them piping hot with the curry sauce very cold.
Sauce
Heat butter and add onion and curry and cook on low heat until the onion is transparent. Add other ingredients, cover & simmer for 20 minutes. Refrigerate for 4 hours and serve very cold with meat balls very hot.
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