Mrs P's Apple & Thyme Meatballs

Time

Serves

Ingredients

• 450g Field & Flower course cut beef mince
• 3tsp smoked paprika
• 1 small onion (optional)
• 1 garlic clove (optional)
• 400g tin cherry tomatoes
• 1 egg
• 1tsp oregano
• 2tsp thyme
• 1tsp sea salt
• 1tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 2 small apples
• 50g ground almonds
• 100ml water
• Olive oil

Instructions

1. Pre-heat your oven to 150°C/Gas
2. 2. In a food processor place apples (remove core but keep skin) and blitz until finely chopped. Add onion and garlic (both optional) and blitz until combined.
3. Now add in ¾ of the beef mince, 2tsp smoked paprika, salt, pepper, oregano and the egg. Blitz until fully combined.
4. Add in remaining beef mince and pulse 2-3 times.
5. With clean hands roll in to meatballs (ping pong ball sized) and lightly roll in the ground almonds.
6. Grease the bottom of a cooking dish with olive oil then place the meatballs in the dish.
7. Place in oven for 10-15 minutes to seal.
8. Remove the dish from oven and carefully add the tin of cherry tomatoes, water and a generous sprinkle of paprika and thyme.
9. Place back in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes until baked and bubbling.
10. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt, some more thyme and serve straight away.