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Annabel Karmel's mini meatballs with apple

• Annabel Karmel

Published: June 27, 2023 at 9:39 AM

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Makes: 20 meatballs

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 5 mins - 15 mins

Full of iron, with a hint of healthy sweetness from grated apple, this is perfect weaning finger food from the UK's bestselling baby food expert. Suitable from 6 months

Easily doubled

Freezable

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These mini beef meatballs are quick and easy to cook – either in the oven or in a frying pan – and make wonderful finger food for your weaning baby. Plus, they are packed with iron, the mineral babies are most often deficient in between the ages of 6 and 12 months.

This recipes makes a batch of 20, so you can freeze some. When you want to take them out, simply thaw and reheat in the oven or microwave.

Ingredients

• 500g minced beef
• 100g onion, finely chopped
• 100g fresh breadcrumbs
• 25g grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 Pink Lady apple, peeled and grated (approx 150g)
• 15g unsalted beef stock cube, crumbled
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme (or dried thyme)
• 1 egg yolk
• Plain flour, for coating
• Oil (vegetable, rapeseed, olive), for baking or frying

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Method

• step 1

  If you're baking, rather than frying, the meatballs, preheat the oven to 200°C fan/400°F/gas mark 6.

• step 2

  Put all the ingredients, apart from the flour and the sunflower oil, into a food processor and pulse for a few seconds.

• step 3

  Use the flour to flour your hands, then take little handfuls of the mixture and roll it into 20 small balls.

• step 4

  If you're baking the meatballs, put a little oil on a baking sheet. Then roll the balls in the oil. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, until brown and heated and cooked through.

• step 5

  Alternatively, heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan and sauté the balls for 5 to 8 minutes over a medium heat, until browned and cooked through.

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