Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Porcupine meatballs

Dec 07 09:28am

Serves
Serves 4

Ingredients

1 tblsp olive oil
1 brown onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
600g minced beef
1 tsp dried Italian herbs
1/2 cup uncooked medium-grain white rice
1 tblsp tomato sauce
1 tblsp barbecue sauce
1 tsp wholegrain mustard
Salt and pepper, to taste
420g can tomato soup
400g can diced tomatoes
1 cup water
2 tblsps shredded fresh basil
Mashed potato mixed with chopped parsley, to serve
Fresh herbs, to garnish

Method
1 Heat half the oil in a small pan. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft. Remove from heat, cool.

2 Combine onion mixture, mince, Italian herbs, uncooked rice, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and mustard in a large bowl. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Roll level tablespoons of mince mixture into balls.

3 Heat remaining oil in a large frying pan. Add meatballs. Cook, turning, until browned all over. Remove from heat.

4 Combine tomato soup, diced tomatoes, water and basil in a large saucepan. Bring to boil. Add meatballs to pan. Simmer covered for about 30 minutes, or until rice is tender (do not stir meatballs).

5 Serve meatballs on mashed potato mixed with chopped parsley. Garnish with fresh herbs.

4 Comments Report Abuse

1. elizabethkanofski - Jun 19 09:12pm

I made a similar dish and called it porkupine rissoles. Made into rissoles poured a tin of tomato soup over and baked in oven. My kids loved them.

2. stephaniekhoup - Oct 06 12:29pm

It was a little hard keeping them in balls they sort of came apart in the end. My kids 2, 3, & 5 still loved it so much they kept coming back for more. Any tips on how to keep them in balls?