Sardines in orange

Fresh sardines at Piedimonte’s? Yes please! In these days of being hunkered down at home it was great to see some sardines. And an orange (though why have them from overseas rather than Australia I don’t know), breadcrumbs and mixed peel! A meal fit for the goddesses and delicious it was.

Ingredients

500 gr sardines (filletted and spread flat)

Bread crumbs (seasoned and with Parmesan)

1 orange

1 tbs mixed peel

Mode

Preheat oven to 180c

Place the sardines in ovenproof dish in whatever layout pleases you

Sprinkle with breadcrumbs

Juice the orange

Pour over the sardines and breadcrumbs

Sprinkle on top the mixed peel

Cook at 180c for 30 minutes

Serve with crisp green salad

Pork meatballs in tomato sauce

A week or so ago I bought some chicken mince with an idea of making meatballs in tomato sauce to freeze for eating in isolation. I made them and they were delicious. But I ate them all over a few days. Whoops.

Since then I have looked unsuccessfully for chicken mince (yes I know I could mince my own but...lazy). Finally I gave in and bought some pork mince. Delicious meatballs! I hope I manage to freeze some of these!!

Ingredients

600 gr pork mince

2 spring onions

2 cloves of garlic

2 heaped tsp chopped ginger

Half bunch coriander

Breadcrumbs 

Olive oil

Previously prepared tomato pasta sauce

Brown basmati rice separately cooked

Shaved Parmesan cheese

Mode

Bring tomato sauce to boil in large pan

Turn down heat to simmer

Place the mince in a bowl

Chop the spring onions and add

Crush the garlic and add

Add the ginger

Chop coriander roughly and add

Using your hands combine the mixture together

Place breadcrumbs on a plate

Form the meat mixture into rissoles using a dessert spoon

Roll them in breadcrumbs

Heat oil in a frying pan

Fry the rissoles in batches until they are crisp on the outside

Add to tomato sauce and similar until cooked to your taste

Serve with brown basmati rice 

Sprinkle shaved Parmesan over dish