American
Cuisine
Meatballs ingredients:
- 500g grond beef.
- 1 large egg.
- ½ cup
breadcrumbs.
- 1½ tsp salt.
- 1½ tsp sweet
paprika powder.
- ½ tsp onion
powder.
- 1 tsp black
pepper.
- ½ tsp ground
nutmeg.
- 1 tsp brown
sugar.
- ¼ tsp garlic
powder.
- 1 tsp dried
parsley.
- A pinch of
cayenne pepper.
Glaze ingredients:
- ½ cup brown
sugar.
- ½ cup Cherry Bomb
(alcohol cocktail with orange juice).
- 3 jalapeños,
sliced.
Garnish ingredients:
- Mozzarella
cheese.
- A few rocket
leaves.
Directions:
- Preheat the
oven to 200C and line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Mix all of
the ingredients for the meatballs together with the mince, until well combined.
- Using a
medium-sized ice cream scoop, make evenly sized meatballs from the mixture, and
place on the baking sheet.
- Place the
meatballs in the oven for 15 minutes.
- In the
meantime, make the glaze by combining the sugar with the jalapeños in a
heavy-bottomed saucepan set over a medium-high heat.
- Add ½ cup of the
Cherry Bomb and bring to the boil, for about seven to 10 minutes. Remove from
the heat and set aside.
- Flip the
meatballs and return to the oven for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the
meatballs from the oven, brush with the glaze, crumble a little
mozzarella cheese on top, and then return to the oven for a final 7 minutes.
- Garnish with
rocket leaves. Serve hot.