Hot Cheddar Meatballs with Barbecue Dip

Meatballs:- 500g minced steak, 125g grated mature cheese, 2 tspn worcestershire sauce, salt, cayenne pepper.

Combine all ingredients together and shape into small balls. Grill 10 mins or until meatballs are cooked through. Serve hot with toothpicks and dip into barbecue sauce.

Barbecue Dip:- 1 cup tomato soup, 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce, 1/2 tsp mustard.

Combine all ingredients together in a saucepan, stir over low heat until hot but not boiling.

Source: contributed by V. South in Centenary Cook Book 1878-1978 by St. Paul's Lutheran Women, Yorketown (Yorketown, [1978]), p.8.

Chinese Meatballs

500 gm sausage meat
2 eggs
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp curry powder
1 onion, chopped
1 cup cabbage, shredded
1/4 cup S R flour
1 dsp soy sauce

Method: Mix all together and chill for 1 hour. Roll into balls and fry.

Source: contributed by Kae Stacey in A Collection of Favourite Recipes - The Point Turton Progress Association ("All proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward improvements to the Point Turton Playground"). (n.p., 1995), p.12.

Crunchy Meat Balls in Cheese Sauce

1/2 lb. sausage mince
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
3/4 cup rice bubbles
1 small egg

Method: Combine all ingredients into balls, roll in flour and lightly brown in frypan. Lift out into pie dish and prepare the following cheese sauce. Melt 1 dessertspoon butter, stir in 1 tablespoon flour then cook for 2 minutes without browning, stirring well. Add salt to taste, then 3/4 cup milk and stir till sauce boils and thickens. Finally, add 2 ozs. grated cheese and 1/2 teaspoon mustard and stir well. Pour sauce over meat balls and bake in oven about 15-20 minutes.

Source: contributed by Mrs. D. J. Manton, Naracoorte S.C.C. in Cooking for Two. Compiled by Women's Auxiliary of the S.A. Council on the Ageing for Adelaide's Second Senior Citizens' Week, April, 1969 (Adelaide [Allied Publishing Company), 1969), p.24.

Jamie's Honey Sauce

Put 2 tablespoons honey in saucepan and heat until brown and boiling. Add all following ingredients, which have been blended in cup:

1/2 cup water
2 teaspoons cornflour
2 teaspoons lemon juice
oregano
2 teaspoons soy sauce
4 teaspoons tomato sauce
pinch curry powder or chilli

Mix thoroughly and simmer for 1 minute. Good over steak, meat balls, etc.

Source: Honey Recipes from the Clare Valley. Compiled by Margaret George, 'Skillogalee', Sevenhill, South Australia (Clare: Tilbrook Brothers 'Northern Argus', 1984), n.p.

Porcupines

1kg mince beef
1 large tin tomato soup
1 onion, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup rice
1&1/2 cups water

Method: Mix mince, onion, salt and pepper and rice. Shape into balls (about 2cm). Cook balls in tomato soup and water. Add more water if required. Cook 30 minutes, turning occasionally. Serve with mashed potato, rice or pasta.

Source: Royal Adelaide Hospital Community Children's Centre (RAHCCC) Cookbook, 2nd edition (Adelaide, 2008), p.74.

Swedish Meatballs

1 kg minced beef
1&1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup stewed apple
2 eggs
Small onion, minced
60 g butter
salt and pepper
1/4 tspn ground nutmeg

Method: Combine all ingredients except butter, mix well and form into about 48 small balls. Brown in butter. Then add 2 cups stock (use beef cube). Cook covered for 1/2 hour.
Serve with noodles or rice.
For curried meatballs add 4 tspns curry powder to stock.

Source: contributed by Mary Ragless in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.14.

Meatballs in Heavenly Sauce

1 lb. minced meat 

1 dessertspoon cornflour

1 small chopped onion

2 small green capsicums

1 dessertspoon soy sauce

1&1/2 tablespoons vinegar

1/2 cup pineapple pieces

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 dessertspoon oil

1 cup pineapple syrup

1 dessertspoon cornflour

3 tablespoons water

1/4 cup sugar

Method: Mix together meat, 1 dessertspoon cornflour, salt, pepper and onion. Stir in the beaten egg. Form into small balls and fry in a little oil until brown all over. Drain. Cut the capsicums into strips, put into a little water and bring slowly to the boil. Boil 2 minutes. Mix together with the remaining dessertspoon cornflour, soy sauce, vinegar, water and sugar. Add to pan and cook, stirring until thickened. Add meat balls, capsicums, and pineapple pieces, cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Serve with rice or boiled noodles.

Source: Memory Lane Cookbook (Rotary Club of Naracoorte, 1986), p.48.

Porcupine Meat Balls

1 pkt. Beef Rice-a-Riso, 1 lb. Hamburger mince, 1/2 lb. sausage meat if liked, 1 grated onion, 2 tabs oil, 3/4 pint water, 1 tabs. Holbrooks Worcestershire sauce, 1x10 oz. can tomato soup

Method: Thoroughly combine uncooked rice-a-riso, and the sachet contents with meats and onion, shape into balls with wetted hands. Brown in heated pain (with oil), shaking continuously.

Combine soup, water and sauce and pour over meat balls. Simmer with lid on for 25-30 minutes, or until meat balls are tender. Serve with vegetables. This is quite nice just using plain rice and you can always add extra flavouring to replace the sachet contents from Packet mix.

Source: Our Jubilee Year Recipe Book [Ascot Park Uniting Church Friendship Group] (Adelaide, 1986), p.43.

Surprise Meat Balls

250g minced topside

250g sausage mince

1 pkt. chicken noodle soup

1 finely chopped onion

Method: Combine the topside, sausage mince, 1 packet chicken noodle soup, and the onion. Mould meat ball mixture around a button mushroom. Dust with flour, dip in beaten egg and roll in a mixture of 1&1/2 cups breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup sesame seeds. Fry in a little oil until golden. It makes about 12.

Source: Mantle of Safety Cookbook 2 (The Port Augusta Women's Air Branch Auxillary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, c1987), p.102.

Meatballs in Tomato Soup

1 lb mince meat

1 onion

salt & pepper

1 sml tin tomato soup

1/2 cup uncooked rice

Method: Mix all ingredients together (except tomato soup) form into balls put into casserole dish & pour over tomato soup and equal quantity of water. Cook for 1 hour.

Source: contributed by P. Penna in Cookbook: St Joseph's School, Clare (Clare: St Joseph's School, 1991), p.22.