California Farm Stuffed Lamb or Pork Meatball Dinner

Name: California Farm Stuffed Lamb or Pork Meatball Dinner
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 1 person, 1 meatball, 1 dinner
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the lamb ball:; 1 pound ground lamb, 80% lean; 1/2 tsp each. salt, pepper, paprika powder, nutmeg, cardamon; 2 Tbs Breadcrumbs and 1/2 beaten egg for coating; 2 Tbs shaved dried beef with mint or parsley and oregano in molten gruyere cheese; 1 cup Sweet Cherry gravy on top: 2 Tbs each canned cherries, maple syrup, onion broth, dark beer, beef broth added to 2 Tbs each butter and flour; For the pork ball:; 1 pound ground pork, 70% lean; 1/2 tsp each. salt, pepper, paprika powder, nutmeg, cardamon; 2 Tbs Breadcrumbs and 1/2 beaten egg to coat meatball; 2 Tbs shaved ham with rosemary, leek and parsley in molten gruyere cheese; 1 cup Sweet apple gravy on top: 2 Tbs each apple cider, maple syrup, onion broth, dark beer, beef broth added to butter and flour; Serve meatball on bed of mousse of potatoes with fennel, cup of gravy on top; Serve with beer or apple cider

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

This one is fun. Massive meatballs, lamb or pork, handmade, filled with egg size stuffing. Oven baked, never greasy. And a whole cup of special sweet fruit gravy drizzled on top. Served over potato fennel mousse. Hearty farm dinner. Family recipes.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

Prep 20 minutes, bake 20 minutes

1 person, 1 meatball, 1 dinner

For the lamb ball:
1 poundground lamb, 80% lean
1/2 tspeach. salt, pepper, paprika powder, nutmeg, cardamon
2 TbsBreadcrumbs and 1/2 beaten egg for coating
2 Tbsshaved dried beef with mint or parsley and oregano in molten gruyere cheese
1 cupSweet Cherry gravy on top: 2 Tbs each canned cherries, maple syrup, onion broth, dark beer, beef broth added to 2 Tbs each butter and flour
For the pork ball:
1 poundground pork, 70% lean
1/2 tspeach. salt, pepper, paprika powder, nutmeg, cardamon
2 TbsBreadcrumbs and 1/2 beaten egg to coat meatball
2 Tbsshaved ham with rosemary, leek and parsley in molten gruyere cheese
1 cupSweet apple gravy on top: 2 Tbs each apple cider, maple syrup, onion broth, dark beer, beef broth added to butter and flour
Serve meatball on bed of mousse of potatoes with fennel, cup of gravy on top
California Farm Fennel Potato Mousse
Serve with beer or apple cider
Equipment: food processor or sausage maker, glass bowl, saucepan
Cost: lamb and pork are farmfree, or $3 a pound in the store, cheese 50 cents, ham or dried beef 20 cents, other 30 cents, $4 dinner

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Steps

Prep 20 minutes, bake 20 minutes

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Melt the lamb meat ball filling first: cut two egg sized slices of gruyere cheese, shaved beef, mint or parsley on top, melt in microwave, press together in center hole of meatball.
2

Coarse grind lamb meat. Roll out flat and thin like dough. Mix spices in evenly. Roll back into 1 tight meatball. Press hole in center. Stuff with filling. Close and coat with half a beaten egg, then roll twice in breadcrumbs. Bake meatball 20 minutes at 425F degrees.
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Make a whole cup of gravy in a cast iron sauce pan: melt and foam 2 Tbs unsalted butter, add 2 Tbs each canned cherry, maple syrup, beef broth, onion broth, dark beer, thicken with flour while bringing to boil, brown.
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Place baked lamb meatball on cup of potato fennel mousse, cover with whole cup of sweet cherry gravy and a few cherries, serve.
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Identical method for the pork ball filling: slice two egg size pieces of gruyere cheese, shaved ham, oregano, parsley in between, melt together in microwave, 40 seconds, press into meatball.
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Coarse grind pork meat. Sprinkle spices throught the meat evenly. Roll 1 meatball. Make hole in center. Stuff with filling. Coat with 1/2 beaten egg and roll through breadcrumbs. Bake meatball 20 minutes at 425F degrees
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Make cup of gravy. Make roux. Melt butter. Add Tbs each maple syrup, apple cider, beef broth. Heat, thicken with flour, stir till browned to make gravy.
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Serve on bed of fennel and potato mousse, one cup portion per plate. Top with whole cup of sweet apple gravy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on April 02, 2025 21:19

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.