Traditional "Frikkadels" Meat Balls
Ingredients
15g butter
2 shallots, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1cm root ginger, chopped
10 savoy cabbage leaves, stem removed
350g ground beef
30mls mango "atchar"
30mls fresh basil, finely sliced
salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
1 x 400g tin whole cherry tomatoes
Pinch of sugar - I used fructose
Method
Preheat the oven to 1800 Celsius
Heat the butter in a large frying pan
Add the shallots, garlic, ginger and chilli and saute until the shallot is soft
Remove and set aside and leave to cool
Blanch the cabbage leaves in boiling water and refresh in ice water to stop the cooking process
Pat dry
Once the shallots are cool, add them to the beef together with the "atchar", basil and a generous amount of seasoning
Roll the meat into 10 equal sized balls
Wrap each ball in a cabbage leaf
Pour the tomatoes into an ovenproof dish that has a lid
Season and add the fructose
Gently place the cabbage balls into the tomatoes, opening side down
Season the top of the cabbage balls
Cook for 20 minutes in the preheated oven