Meatballs My Gran's Way

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb mincemeat
• 3/4 cup raisins or 3/4 cup sultana
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 slices bread (thick slices)
• milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 425 g pineapple
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons cornflour (roughly)

Recipe

• 1 soak raisins for 2 hours in hot water.
• 2 soak bread briefly in milk--squeeze then flake into mince.
• 3 add the egg.
• 4 drain raisins (reserving water) and add the mixture.
• 5 shape into balls and brown in oil and butter.
• 6 transfer to casserole dish.
• 7 place water from which the raisins were soaked plus the juice from the tin of pineapple pieces, brown sugar, tomato sauce, soya sauce, vinegar and worcestershire sauce.
• 8 bring to gentle simmer to amalgamate flavours.
• 9 thicken with cornflour.
• 10 add pineapple pieces.
• 11 pour over meatballs.
• 12 cover with foil.
• 13 cook 1 - 1 1/4 hours at 350°f.
• 14 we serve it with rice and not pasta.