Coconut-fennel Cocktail Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 120 ml coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground dried chile
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 150 g ground lamb
• 200 g ground beef
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 200 ml coconut milk
• 1 (400 g) can whole tomatoes, drained
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 2 tablespoons prepared chili sauce (ayam brand, ginger and garlic)
• 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 put 120ml coconut milk, 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut, 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, and 1/2 teaspoon ground chile into a small saucepan. use crushed chile also if you like chili! simmer it 5 minutes, covered or partially covered.
• 2 when it is quite cool, add 1 teaspoon cornflour, and blend it all with a spoon.
• 3 put the ground lamb, the ground beef, the onion, garlic, egg , soy sauce and brown sugar into a food processor.
• 4 chop this, pulsing it several times.
• 5 when it is nicely chopped, add half (60ml) of the coconut infusion that you have prepared.
• 6 blend this, whizzing it until the mixture is uniform throughout.
• 7 put this meat mixture into a bowl, and refrigerate it for 1/2 hour or 1 hour, so that it is cool when you handle it.
• 8 when the meat paste is quite cool, shape into small meatballs.
• 9 put the remaining 60ml of the coconut infusion into a large, wide pan. add another 200ml coconut milk, 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, 2 tablespoons dessicated coconut, 2 tablespoons peanut oil, and 1 tablespoon prepared chile sauce into the pan. blend this with a spoon.
• 10 put the tomatoes from a can of drained, whole tomatoes into this sauce. now, put the meatballs into the pan.
• 11 simmer this, covered, over low heat, for about one hour.
• 12 the sauce will cook down, and towards the end, the meatballs will brown in the oil that is in the mix.
• 13 allow to cool.
• 14 put these appetizer meatballs onto a serving dish with toothpicks.