Meatballs in Rich Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients

• 300 g minced meat (or chicken)
• 120 g onions, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 1 tablespoon dark soya sauce
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 teaspoons oil

RICH MUSHROOM SAUCE

• 40 g bacon, finely chopped
• 250 g mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 beef stock cube, crumbled
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil leaves

Directions

1. 1

   Combine, onion, garlic, sauces, mince and breadcrumbs in bowl. Mix through. Shape tabelspoonfuls of mixture into balls, refrigerate in a single layer 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Heat oil in frying pan, add meatballs, cook gently until well browned all over and cooked through. Remove meatballs from pan and keep warm.

3. 3

   RICH MUSHROOM SAUCE. Add bacon and mushroom to pan where the meatballs were cooked. Stir constantly over heat until mushrooms are cooked. Blend cornflour and water together. Add cornflour and water mix, stock cube and basil to mushrooms. Stir constantly over heat until sauce boils and thickens.

4. 4

   Add meatballs to sauce, simmer, uncovered until heated through.

5. 5

   Serves 4.

6. 6

   Approx 230 cal (965 kilojoules) per serve.