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Mature Brie Meatballs

Mature Brie Meatballs

We were gifted some outstanding Cheese which originally came from Paxton and Whitfield. Certainly the best Cheese we’ve had in the last few years and it would have been well beyond our budget if it hadn’t been a gift. So armed we a ‘Yellow Sticker’ 0.88p pack of Beef mince, this was Sue’s creation.

Ingredients for the Meatballs:-

Extra Mature Brie Cheese crumbled
Beef mince
Mixed Herbs
Garlic Salt
Salt and Pepper
Oil to fry

Ingredients for the Sauce:-

1 large Onion, chopped
Salt, pepper and Onion Salt to season
2 cloves of Garlic, crushed
½ a tube of Tomato Purée
1 tin of chopped Tomatoes
1 tsp of mixed Herbs
1 tsp of Oregano
2 Bay leaves
Oil

Method for the Meatballs:-

(1) Mix the Herbs and Seasoning into the mince and kneed well by hand.
(2) Form a small pate in your hand and press the crumbled Cheese into the middle.
(3) Roll into a ball so that the Cheese is totally encapsulated.
(4) Set aside.
(5) When your sauce is nearly ready to serve fry the Meatballs in small batches turning regularly so the they are browned on all sides and the Cheese has melted in the middle.
(6) Place under the grill on a medium heat until you are ready to plat up.

Method for the Sauce:-

(1) Fry the Onion in a little oil until soft.
(2) Season with Salt, Pepper and Onion salt.
(3) Add the crushed Garlic.
(4) Add the tinned Tomatoes and Tomato Purée and simmer for about 10 minutes.
(5) Add a little water if the sauce seems too thick.
(6) Add the mixed herbs, Oregano and Bay leaves and simmer for a further 30 minutes.
(7) Remove the Bay leaves before serving.

To serve:-

We served ours on Rice Noodles.

(1) Add the Noodles to Salted boiling water and stir gently until they return to a simmer.
(2) Drain once softened and run a kettle of heated water over to wash the starch out.
(3) Make a nest of Noodle in the middle of the plate.
(4) Add the Meatballs and arrange on the top of the Noodles.
(5) Spoon the Sauce over the top.
(6) Garnish with a little grated Italian style Cheese and a fresh Basil leaf.

Although this would normally be out of our budget of was a really flavoursome treat for us.

 

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That’s 2 x £2.49 Rump Steaks from B&M given a really good beating and seasoned! Although they are supposedly 21 day aged, we’ve found them to be very variable in the past. Sometimes cut alone the grain of the meat and sometimes banded with what I used to call ‘Trim’ in the butchers, gristle! But on this occasion we struck gold!

Ingredients:-

2 Rump Steaks. Cut into two, trimmed and hammered with a meat hammer
2 Tsp of Peri-Peri seasoning Rub
3 Tbsp of Tomato Puree
1 Lemon, juiced
2 Tbsp of White Wine Vinegar
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of Olive Oil
1 Tsp of Sugar
1 Tsp of Salt
1 Bay Leaf
4 Bread Rolls (Gluten free for us)
1 Large Tomato, sliced
1 Red Chilli, finely chopped
3 Tbsp of Margarine
4 Tsp of Chilli Chutney (Sue’s creation)
4 Tsp of Mayonnaise
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) That you frustration out of the Steak. Beat it to death with a meat hammer!
(2) Cut into suitable sized pieces to fit in your bun.
(3) Rub the Steak with a little Oil on all sides and then rub with the Peri-Peri seasoning Rub.
(4) Make up the marinade with the Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, Sugar, Salt, Garlic, Tomato Puree, Bay Leaf and White Wine Vinegar.
(5) Pour over the Steak and place in the fridge, covered, for 2 hours.
(6) Remove the Bat Leaf.
(7) Heat Oil in a frying pan to a high heat and flash fry the Steak for 2 minutes on each side. Ours was still rare in the middle.
(8) Remove and allow to rest.
(9) Toast the buns lightly on the cut sides.
(10) Combine the Margarine and chopped Chilli, spreading over the toasted buns.
(11) Return to the grill cut side up so the the Margarine melts into the Buns.
(12) Assemble the ‘Burger’ with Mayonnaise, Steak, Red Onions, Tomato slices and Chilli Chutney.

We simply served ours with hand cut chips. This flavour combination really packs a punch! Enjoy….


 

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