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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Main Dishes => Topic started by: bron on March 24, 2009, 11:04:00 pm
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Albondigas en Tomate(Spanish):
Feeds 4 :
Ingredients:
500g mince meat (mixed pork & beef)
some breadcrumbs (2 tblspns)
To marinate meat
50g onion
2 eggs
2 cloves garlic
bit of parsley
salt, nutmeg, pepper
For Tomato sauce
50g olive oil
2 cloves garlic
100g onion
100g carrot
50g green pepper
20g sugar
1000g tinned or fresh tomatoes (have used half and half)
salt and pepper
Preparation:
Start with marinade, place all ingredients in THX 12 seconds, speed 5. Mix this in with meat and leave for half hour.
Clean THX ::), and then make Tomato sauce. Place olive oil in THX 3 mins, temp Varoma, speed 1. Add garlic, onion, green pepper, and carrot. Blitz 10 secs speed 5. Then program 7 mins, Temp Varoma, speed 3 & 1/2. Then add sugar & tomato and program 15 mins, temp Varoma, speed 1.
Now you have 15 mins to make the meatballs!!!
Add a couple of spoons of breadcrumbs to the meat mix, to aid the ball rolling. My kids love helping me do this! As you can see in the photo this has made 22 balls (I counted them!) ;D As they do shrink a little, make them quite biggish. If you need to feed more than four, just double the amounts as plenty of room in Varoma, just make the balls slightly larger and fit them on both layers of the Varoma. Although the 500g is plenty for us, we are family of 5. I serve with the garlic rice, guess would be nice with pasta too! :P
So place them on top of THX and program further 15 mins. Cooked to perfection! ;)
Photos:
Tips/Hints:
If you make it with fresh tomatoes, then I recommend that you cut them open and squeeze out the juice a little (otherwise too watery) and before you start anything, blitz them first on speed 7. Place them aside until needed, otherwise if you do this later, the sauce goes orange instead of the lovely red colour as I hope you can see in the photo that I will try and upload.
I have made it half and half, and its delicious! Have some left over to use for pizza tomorrow! ;)
members' comments
JD - Served mine with Brons' steamed garlic rice. Meatballs & sauce cooked yesterday and rice tonight. Lovely meal served sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Not a great meatball fan but must admit I did enjoy these. Next time I will add some chilli paste to the meatballs. Heaps left over as DH only wanted 4 and I had 3. Thanks for telling us how many meatballs to make too, it is always a help to know how many you should end up with.
VHJ - we are very pleased with how they turned out. I didn't have green capsicum for the sauce so added half a zucchini instead and used some Feta in the meatballs. Served it with garlic rice. Thanks for a tasty and versatile recipe Bron.
Narelle - I just made a kg of beef mince in to these meatballs and in to the freezer, making 4 meals for us. So very easy and all it needs is the tomato sauce made when we make them. They don't look that attractive being steamed but who cares!
faffa - You don't see them under the sauce anyway!!
Chelsea - I was very impressed. DH and the kids gobbled them up which is always a bonus!!! I served the meatballs and sauce with spaghetti. I made 22 meatballs (fairly small) and they were cooked perfectly in the 15 minutes.
Snoozie - I only made 18 but I was rushing a bit so they weren't masterpieces lol Still tasted awesome though!
JulieO - DELICIOUS! Thoroughly enjoyed this meal, though I must admit when I saw the balls after steaming I wasn't sure how my son would react as they were so white (being used to them being brown from frying off) but when I added them to the tomato sauce in a big bowl and combined them before spooning on top of the pasta, you really wouldn't have known.
I used a 800g can of chopped roma tomatoes with some baby romas from my garden to make up the 1kg, reduced the sugar to 2 tsp and in the final 15 mins of cooking the sauce, I added some steamed sweet potato that was left over from last night which disintegrated during the cooking and added a nice sweetness to the sauce. I can imagine adding other veg to this too. Finished off with some freshly grated parmesan. I got 20 nice sized balls from the mix. Thank you so much for a great recipe Bron, has gone straight into my 'kept' recipes.
sourdough - I accidentally missed the part where I should have cooked the chopped veggies for a bit without the tomatoes and we rolled 15 balls instead of 22 - it still cooked to perfection in the time you gave and we now have a new family favourite that is super quick and easy - I'm extremely grateful!
Georgie - It's delicious! and so easy. I even minced the beef myself (organic, I'd bought a whole rump from the wholesaler). Thanks for the recipe!
maddy - the family gave your dish a big thumbs up! I used 600g minced beef, which made 35 smaller meatballs which I spread out over both varoma trays. I added a few basil leaves to the carrot mix too. I added 2 slices of blitzed wholemeal bread to the mince mixture before rolling. I cooked it for 18 minutes.
In the sauce I also added a dozen basil leaves with the veggie mix sauce and 2 tsp. cornflour.
The tomato quantity I used was 600g bottled passata sauce and 400g home grown cherrry tomatoes.
Family requests more meatballs next time, so I will have to increase quantities when I make it again
Might also add some extra veggies into the sauce as well (shhhhh.....don't tell the kids)
Chelsea - I always have quite a bit of sauce left over and normally freeze it to use as pizza sauce. Last week however I used it as a vegetable sauce in a lasagne. It was perfect layered with lasagne sheets, mashed sweet potato and grated cheese. So easy and tasty. I got the idea from one of the 4 Ingredients Cookbooks.
Jewels - I made this and it was delicious.
Millipede - had to make a couple of adjustments to suit my DH's dietary requirements.
He doesn't eat red meat so I created two types of meatballs... one using Beef mince for me and the kids and some with chicken mince for DH (ie minced 1 chicken breast in the TM, which made about half a dozen meatballs).
I also decided to brown off the meatballs in a frying pan before I put them in the varoma to steam. I know this creates extra washing up (LOL), but I thought that browning off the meatballs first added a bit more colour and flavour to the final dish.
Next time I might add some stock powder or maybe worcestershire (or even good old vegemite LOL)- something salty to contrast with the sugary tomatoey flavour. Loved that all those vegies where hidden in the sauce though. Kids were none the wiser and I liked that I got to pull my varoma out. Thanks! Great recipe.
tarasis - we really enjoy this recipe; my wife and I have the balls and the sauce and my kids just the balls. It is a firm favorite in the house which we usually have with Bron's Steamed Garlic Rice (I usually make the sauce in advance as we don't have a thermoserver/insulated bowl yet and it's easy to reheat in the saucepan), it's rare to actually get to freeze some of the balls for leftovers.
Tasty - was happy with how they turned out...especially the meatballs. However next time I will probably reduce the sugar a bit and maybe add red wine or something to the sauce. Had it over plain rice.
MJ - I made really little meatballs and got 34 of them. I added chicken stock powder to both sauce and meat mixture. Also a few herbs to sauce. Yum!
Kimmyh - was a big hit. Used sage instead of parsley and two cans tomatoes and red wine to make up to 1000g. Served over pasta. Love the steamed meatballs. Thank you this will be a regular for us from now on.
JuliaC83 - Delicious!! Sauce was much nicer than I was expecting to be. I added some chopped basil into the sauce too. I also forgot to follow the directions about blitzing fresh tomatoes before doing anything else ... and ended up with an orange sauce - but was still delicious. Definitely make again.
Obbie - good for the kids, thanks.
ViolinCuddles - made this doubling the meatball mixture (I couldn't fit it all in the Varoma, so will make a couple of hamburger patties today) and using 200 gm fresh tomatoes, so the sauce was a bit yellow but still delicious. We all enjoyed it - thank you! Now I'm off to find this fabled garlic rice...
arcadia - I have this cooking atm, the sauce is yum. My meatballs weren't cooking at all above the sauce, so have them steaming on their own at speed 4, varoma temp. I was unsure if speed 4 for the sauce would be to much? I have made lots of meatballs so doing it in 2 lots and will serve with garlic and herb pull a part.
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Couple more photos, of the making.....
As you can see 500g fits easily on top layer of Varoma. To make more, just make them bigger and place on the bottom layer too!
As you can see (I hope) 15 mins in Varoma they are cooked to perfection!
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looks fab!
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Oh Karen, its a real easy one that the family love, and I can cook it the night before (like now) and heat it up for lunch tomorrow!
Going to make the rice now! ;D
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Hi Amanda - great work. They are a bit like the Japanese meatballs that I made - but MUCH easier and better organised recipe !!
Nice ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hey Thermomixer....Japanese meatballs sound very exotic! How about sharing that one! My recipe is an everyday, kids favourite. You have left me very intrigued... ;D
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I like steamed meatballs - but my wife doesn't. So made this more to prove to myself that it can be done.
The original recipe was from a friend's book.
Link here: http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=93.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=93.0)
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That sounds good. Would have to adapt it a bit, as don't get such exotic ingredients here. But it sounds delicious, thankyou :)
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A "review" from judydawn
Tonight's tea consisted of Bron's Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (varoma cooked) & her steamed garlic rice. Meatballs & sauce cooked yesterday and rice tonight. Lovely meal served sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Not a great meatball fan but must admit I did enjoy these. Next time I will add some chilli paste to the meatballs. Heaps left over as DH only wanted 4 and I had 3. Thanks for telling us how many meatballs to make too, it is always a help to know how many you should end up with.
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Made these tonight and we are very pleased with how they turned out. I didn't have green capsicum for the sauce so added half a zucchini instead and used some Feta in the meatballs. Served it with garlic rice. I am loving the varoma and now find I'm looking for meals that use it. Thanks for a tasty and versatile recipe Bron. :-* :-*
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Thanks for finding and bumping this recipe VHJ - it is one of those types of meals that i love - all in the TMX.
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I just made a kg of beef mince in to these meatballs and in to the freezer, making 4 meals for us. So very easy and all it needs is the tomato sauce made when we make them. They don't look that attractive being steamed but who cares!
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You don't see them under the sauce anyway!! Placing the meatballs into the varoma tray when you take them out of the freezer helps them defrost really quickly as the air can flow around them and they are all there ready to go when you are ready to start cooking ;)
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Thanks for the hint Kathryn, it will come in handy when I forget to take something out of the freezer.
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Well you see Cookie, that is exactly how I know that information...cause I forget to take stuff out of the freezer!!! :D
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I believe there is a saying............Great minds..........
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I believe there is a saying............Great minds..........
I must have a great mind too..... I forget to take things out of the freezer ;) and have to put them into the Varoma - MrsT's chicken nuggets just the other day to warm them while something else was cooking - simple.
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I find things just sitting in the varoma on the bench will do it. I think it is just that the air can flow around everything...mind you I can see a time when I will have to use the TMX to gently defrost things...with a memory like mine at only my age! lol help me in my later years :o :o
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I find things just sitting in the varoma on the bench will do it. I think it is just that the air can flow around everything...mind you I can see a time when I will have to use the TMX to gently defrost things...with a memory like mine at only my age! lol help me in my later years :o :o
Oh oh I think I am there faffa .Thermomix thermomix where are you? It might need to have a beeper on it so I can remember where it is.
Gretchen
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LOL Gretchen you need to add to the improvements on the next model link that you would like a finder beeper (like those key rings that beep when you whistle for them :o)
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Hey, wonder if they could make a portable one that you could strap on with a papoose? Never lose it then !!! ;D
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i've probably missed the step but where do you put the sugar in? :) Also, I'm assuming you leave the sauce cooking the extra 15mins with the meatballs? lol
I am such a n00b!
It's looking good! :)
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It should probably say
Add garlic, onion, green pepper, carrot and sugar.
And yes, the extra 15 minutes for the sauce steams the meatballs above it.
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Yay me... dinner has been so much easier this past week!!! I have the garlic rice ready to roll... not used to rice that doesn't taste like mush so it's a definite improvement!
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Good call Snoozie - not so silly!
I guessed that it could be added with the tomatoes and made the alteration before getting back to see Cathy's post !!!! ?? probably should be with the veg - but don't think it will matter that much.
And yes, once the sauce has cooked for 15 minutes you should then place the Varoam filled with meatballs to cook for another 15 minutes - but make them small meatballs or you will need longer cooking.
and now even Snoozie has posted - so slow...
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I made this the other night for dinner and was very impressed. DH and the kids gobbled them up which is always a bonus!!! I served the meatballs and sauce with spaghetti. I made 22 meatballs (fairly small) and they were cooked perfectly in the 15 minutes. :)
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hehehe I only made 18 but I was rushing a bit so they weren't masterpieces lol Still tasted awesome though!
The icecream for dessert I made last night was a clear winner though. lol
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You're really whizzing Snoozie - good to see :-*
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lol I think tonight I might just overdo it! heehee
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Okay another dumb question heehee
Do you freeze the meatballs after you've cooked them or after you've marinated them?
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I freeze them after I have marinated them. I also make the ones with tofu (sometimes I use feta instead) and freeze them before cooking as well
there is no such thing as dumb questions on this forum either ;) just for your information even though we do all say we are asking them from time to time lol ;D
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heheh I'm very much an uninspired cook (for now)... I cook from recipes but I'm trying to get a bit more adventurous ... having to work out balances is interesting I guess! lol I just don't want to make anyone sick in the process!!!
Thanks :)
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oh! I mean to ask whether I really had to double up the marinade to do more meatballs? I'm looking at doing 1.5kg but don't really want to use that many eggs lol
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Anyone? :) I don't have that many eggs lol
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You should be able to cut down on the eggs for the marinade - I'd try 3 for the 1.5kg - thay help with the binding of the balls but you could add another if they aren't holding together,
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TFT :)
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Made this tonight for tea, one word - DELICIOUS! Thoroughly enjoyed this meal, though I must admit when I saw the balls after steaming I wasn't sure how my son would react as they were so white (being used to them being brown from frying off), but when I added them to the tomato sauce in a big bowl and combined them before spooning on top of the pasta, you really wouldn't have known.
I used a 800g can of chopped roma tomatoes with some baby romas from my garden to make up the 1kg, reduced the sugar to 2 tsp and in the final 15 mins of cooking the sauce, I added some steamed sweet potato that was left over from last night which disintergrated during the cooking and added a nice sweetness to the sauce. I can imagine adding other veg to this too. Finished off with some freshly grated parmesan (which had almost melted into the sauce by the time I took the photo).
I got 20 nice sized balls from the mix.
Thankyou so much for a great recipe Bron, has gone straight into my 'kept' recipes. :-*
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Yes, I think the texture is far superior with steaming -but cover them with sauce before others see them. MrsT was not impressed the first few times I steamed meatballs and meat.
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Lol yes but they quickly get used to them. This is the preferred way for my lot now. Maybe it has something to do with the sauce as well, I don't know but they love them with pasta, rice or just veg. It is a real winner in our house.
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Mine love them on the garlic steamed rice, in fact its what they have for dinner tonight! So easy and can all be cooked in advance and heated up the following day! Easy peasy! Glad that you enjoyed them Julie, and the kids too!
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I tried this once but no one really took to the Garlic Steam Rice. I don't know whether the cloves that I used where unusually big at the time...so possibly should give it another go. Do remember the meatballs looked rather insipid, but sauce covered beautifully...just the garlic was really overpowering.
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CP how strange? My kids love the rice, aged 3, 12 & 15! Maybe try it with 2 small cloves only and less EVOO, 20g only.
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bron, you have to remember us Aussies are not big on garlic - not into aioli (Lo siento - alioli ) or lots of garlic. I love it, but forget when I make some dishes fro friends. :o :o :o
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bron, you have to remember us Aussies are not big on garlic - not into aioli (Lo siento - alioli ) or lots of garlic. I love it, but forget when I make some dishes fro friends. :o :o :o
Waddyamean thermomixer ??? I lurve garlic and everyone I know lurves garlic. Gimme garlic.
Gertbysea
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I love Bron's garlic rice - cook it 9 times out of 10 these days for any rice I need. My spinach and rice pie tastes so much nicer with this rice than plain old rice.
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bron, you have to remember us Aussies are not big on garlic - not into aioli (Lo siento - alioli ) or lots of garlic. I love it, but forget when I make some dishes fro friends. :o :o :o
Waddyamean thermomixer ??? I lurve garlic and everyone I know lurves garlic. Gimme garlic.
Gertbysea
I'm with you Gretchen!!!! Gimme garlic and lot's of it!!!
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We also love garlic. In fact DD often says all her patients will be able to smell it on her.................too bad.
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I tried this a few weeks ago and must have done something wrong with the Varoma part because my meatballs were hardly touched at all at the end of the cooking period. There seemed not to be much heat coming out through the lid into the Varoma tray? What was I doing wrong?
I ended up chucking the meatballs in with the sauce, knowing full well I would end up with a bolognese sauce rather than meatballs LOL but it still tasted great.
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Did you push the Varoma button Angela and made sure the lid was on correctly. The TMX gets a whole heap of steam happening on Varoma temperature but if you pushed the 100 button by mistake, they certainly wouldn't have cooked. Try steaming some vegies in the varoma dish (I always start with boiling water in the bowl when steaming vegies or rice to cut the cooking time) and see how you go.
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Hi Angela, Varoma and speed 3 1/2 or speed 4 should have cooked them for sure as I have my varoma bowl and tray FULL of meatballs when I make this and they always cook. One thing to consider ... was there enough liquid in your sauce to create steam as it cooked? - keep asking and giving information as you eliminate suggestions we make - you will get there!
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Thank you both! Will give these another go in my next meal plan, I'll let you know how they turn out
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Good luck, they are a real hit in my house so I encourage you to retry!! ;) ;)
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Thank-you for sharing this Bron :-*
My Thermomix (Stella) arrived yesterday and I made this for dinner last night.
I accidentally missed the part where I should have cooked the chopped veggies for a bit without the tomatoes, and we rolled 15 balls instead of 22, but it still cooked to perfection in the time you gave and we now have a new family favourite that is super quick and easy - I'm extremely grateful!
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Good work - nice to see Stella getting a good work out. It is "normal" for TMX owners to name their kitchen b*tch http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1009.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1009.0) ;) ;) ;)
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yum, tried this today to leave something my partner could heat up for him & the kids for dinner while I go get drunk ;) and sneaked a bit to try. It's delicious! and so easy. I even minced the beef myself (organic, I'd bought a whole rump from the wholesaler).
Thanks for the recipe!
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Bron......the family gave your dish a big thumbs up! ;D
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I used 600g minced beef, which made 35 smaller meatballs which I spread out over both varoma trays.
I added a few basil leafs to the carrot mix too. I added 2 slices of blitzed wholemeal bread to the mince mixture before rolling. I cooked it for 18 minutes.
In the sauce I also added a dozen basil leaves with the veggie mix sauce, and 2 tsp. cornflour.
The tomato quantity I used was 600g bottled passata sauce and 400g home grown cherrry tomatoes.
Family requests more meatballs next time, so I will have to increase quantities when I make it again ;) My hubby has a lions appetite :-))
Might also add some extra veggies into the sauce as well (shhhhh.....don't tell the kids ;))
Thanks Bron :D
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Great picture maddy - who would ever know they were steamed meatballs ;)
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Lush Maddy, they look amaaaaaaaaaazing! Pleased you enjoyed it, when I have leftovers, they freeze great too!Its a great versatile recipe, I sometimes make the sauce with courgettes, aubergines, onions red and green pepper and small tin of tomatoes, the kids havent got a clue! :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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Yumm! Looks good! Being just the two of us I always freeze the left overs in portions just right for the two of us again. It's so handy and freezes so well!
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I am steaming meats a little more these days, and I found these meatballs held together well.
I have made a few meatball dishes in the oven.....and they always crumble and fall apart! :-))
I was happy to see Brons version kept their shape :D
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Looks like you used your time away from the computer profitably Maddy - good work.
It is a great recipe and good for variations too.
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Still a firm favourite here and a great way to hide veges!
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We love it here too.
I always have quite a bit of sauce left over and normally freeze it to use as pizza sauce. Last week however I used it as a vegetable sauce in a lasagne. It was perfect layered with lasagne sheets, mashed sweet potato and grated cheese. So easy and tasty. I got the idea from one of the 4 Ingredients Cookbooks. There's two useful recipes I've found in that cookbook now :-))!!
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I MADE THIS LAST NIGHT & IT WAS DELISSSSSSIOUS. WILL BE MAKING AGAIN. HAVEN'T HAD MY TM LONG THIS IS THE 2 THING I'VE COOKED. THINK I'LL BE DOING THE PEELING GARLIC WITH TM & THE VEGE STOCK NEXT. GETTING READY FOR MORE ADVENTURES. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST THING I'VE POSTED IF THAT'S THE CORRECT TEMINOLOGY. I'M A VIRGIN @ THIS
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I made this for your family during the last week but had to make a couple of adjustments to suit my DH's dietry requirements.
He doesnt eat red meat, so I created two types of meatballs... once using Beef mince for me and the kids and some with chicken mince for DH (ie minced 1 chicken breast in the TM, which made about half a dozen meatballs).
I also decided to brown off the meatballs in a frying pan before I put them in the varoma to steam . I know this creates extra washing up (LOL), but I thought that browing off the meatballs first added a bit more colour and flavour to the final dish.
Next time I might add some stock powder or maybe worcester (or even good old vegemite LOL)- something salty to contrast with the sugary tomatoey flavour.
Loved that all those vegies where hidden in the sauce though. Kids were none the wiser :P And I liked that I got to pull my varoma out. ;D
Thanks! Great recipe ;D
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I see a theme in your posts Milly ;D ;D ;D Mum's the word 8)
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Been meaning to bump this for ages, we really enjoy this recipe; my wife and I the balls and the sauce and my kids just the balls.
It is a firm favorite in the house which we usually have with Bron's Steamed Garlic Rice (I usually make the sauce in advance as we don't have a thermoserver/insulated bowl yet and it's easy to reheat in the saucepan), it's rare to actually get to freeze some of the balls for leftovers :) / :(
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Made this for dinner tonight and was happy with how they turned out...especially the meatballs however next time I will probably reduce the sugar a bit and maybe add red wine or something to the sauce. Had it over plain rice.
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I've made these tonight. I made really little meatballs and got 34 off them. I added chicken stock powder to both sauce and meat mixture. Also a few herbs to sauce.
Yum!
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Haven't made this since I last posted. Eep. That's nearly a year
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Lol we had these the other night, first time in a while and still loved by everyone ... especially DD as she won't eat pan cooked meatballs as they have a crust :o :o well she does eat them ... she cuts them up and leaves the crust ... eats from the middle out :-)) :-))
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Mmm, must make these again!
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Made these for dinner tonight and was a big hit. Used sage instead of parsley and two cans tomatoes and red wine to make up to 1000g. Served over pasta. Love the steamed meatballs. Thank you this will be a regular for us from now on.
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good for the kids, thanks
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Made this for dinner tonight!! Delicious!! Sauce was much nicer than I was expecting to be :D I added some chopped basil into the sauce too. I also forgot to follow the directions about blitzing fresh tomatoes before doing anything else ... and ended up with an orange sauce - but was still delicious ;D Definitely make again :)
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Great photo Julia.
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I made this last night, doubling the meatball mixture (I couldn't fit it all in the Varoma, so will make a couple of hamburger patties today) and using 200gm fresh tomatoes, so the sauce was a bit yellow but still delicious.
We all enjoyed it - thank you! Now I'm off to find this fabled garlic rice... ;D
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Oh VC.... That garlic rice is wonderful! Havent made it for a long time .. Thanks for the reminder....
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Heh the Garlic rice gets made here at least once a week as the kids eat it (won't eat other variations I try which is really annoying).
We make the meatballs probably 1-2 a month. My son loves them, daughter prefers thin ones from the frozen food delivery guy (Eisman)
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I have this cooking atm, the sauce is yum.
My meatballs weren't cooking at all above the sauce, so have them steaming on their own at speed 4, varoma temp. I was unsure if speed 4 for the sauce would be to much?
I have made lots of meatballs so doing it in 2 lots and will serve with garlic and herb pull a part.