Lately, the grocery budget is getting put through the mincer. Our dollars just don't roll as far as they used to, despite our best efforts.
This is where mince comes into its own. A kilo of good quality beef, pork, chicken, turkey or lamb mince will stretch to many meals. Especially when it comes in meatball form.
So, get the ball rolling on dinner with these mighty meatball meals.
Served with or without spaghetti, these meatballs make a memorable mincey meal. Source: Delicious polpette meatballs (Alan Benson)
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Polpette di trippa (tripe meatballs)
Swedish meatballs are distinguished by their comfort food-heaven sauce of cream and beef broth. Source: Kitti Gould
This is soft and comforting home-style food the kind that feels like your grandmother’s hug. Source: Cynthia C
Meatballs fit for an ancient king. Source: Alan Benson
The mince is rolled with rice and fresh herbs, keeping the meatballs light and airy. Source: Jeremy Simons
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Yuvalama (Gaziantep festive soup)
Simply flavoured with red onion, parsley, mint and oregano, keftedes are brilliant when served with tzatiki or as a side for a big Greek salad. Source: My Greek Table
Frikkadels are also found in Germany, Scandanavia, Poland and South Africa. Now that's a well travelled meatball. Source: Peter Kuruvita's Coastal Kitchen
The kofta/ kofte/ kafteh/ kofteh version of meatballs is made throughout the Middle East. Source: SBS Food
Meatballs may not sound Japanese but it’s all about the sauce. Source: Cook Japan / Bloomsbury
To create this wonderfully fragrant and delicate dish, simply combine delicious fresh seafood, roll the mixture into balls and bake them in paper parcels. Source: Murdoch Books
Juicy pork and fennel meatballs, a rich tomato sauce, crunchy sweet fennel pickles and a nutty, dreamy pesto make an excellent contender for the ultimate title. Source: Hardie Grant Books
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Meatball hero
It's like eating an entire Marrakesh market. Source: Sharyn Cairns
Traditionally, the Malkasians fill one or two patties with a gold coin or a carrot slice as 'treasure', hence the name trakht meaning 'treasure’ in Armenian. Source: Sean Fennessy
Traditionally the meat is in this recipe would be chopped by hand, using two cleavers and alternating chop-chop-chop, as it’s done by all the Tai peoples (the word for the technique in the Tai languages is laap). Source: Richard Jung
Adjika (‘red salt’) is a spicy and fragrant pepper paste from Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. Source: Kyle Books / Laura Edwards
Meatballs on a stick tend to only be a thing at parties. In Korea, they've r and we couldn't be more pleased. Feel free to skewer any of the meatball recipes on this list!
Mince it up
Lamb mince and green olive fatteh
