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Sweet And Sour Meatballs

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Sweet And Sour Meatballs

Florence
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound turkey mince
  • 2 ounces breadcrumbs
  • 1 onion -- peeled and chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 onion -- peeled and sliced
  • 2 carrots -- cut into thin stick
  • 1 green pepper -- deseeded and
  • 1/2 pint chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons demerara sugar
  • 2 tablespoons malt vinegar
  • 8 ounces pineapple chunks
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 4 ounces bean sprouts
  • chopped spring onions or -- snipped chives

Instructions
 

  • Combine turkey mince with chopped onion, Chinese Five Spice, breadcrumbs, and seasoning
  • Roll into 16 balls
  • Add Ketchup, vinegar, stock and demerara sugar
  • Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer
  • Add turkey balls, cover and simmer for 20 minutes
  • Drain the juice from the pineapple and sit it aside
  • Blend the pineapple juice with the cornflour
  • Remove turkey balls from the sauce and place on your serving dish
  • Stir the cornflour mix into the sauce
  • Stir constantly while bringing to a boil
  • Reduce heat and let simmer until sauce is thick and clear
  • Stir pineapple chunks and brean sprouts into the sauce mix
  • Pour sauce over meatballs
  • Sprinkle chives or spring onions on top of the meatballs and enjoy