Embutido Meatballs

Recipe By: Kiki Aranita

Photo By: Heather Scholten | Spiceology

Ingredients

1 lb Niman Ranch ground pork

½ lb Niman Ranch ground beef

1 cup loosely packed breadcrumbs

1 small sweet onion, diced

2 small carrots, diced (to equal about 1 cup of prepped carrot)

½ bunch parsley, finely chopped

½ cup golden raisins, roughly chopped

3 gloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon minced ginger

3 tablespoons soy sauce

12 quail eggs, soft boiled and peeled

2 teaspoons Spiceology pink peppercorn lemon thyme seasoning

½ teaspoons Spiceology Hungarian paprika

Spiceology Himayalan pink salt to taste

Oil for cooking

Cooking Instructions

  1. Heat 2-3 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat and sauté onion, carrots, ginger and garlic for about 10 minutes
  2. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add breadcrumbs, parsley, raisins, soy sauce, pink peppercorn lemon thyme, paprika, Himalayan pink salt. Mix well.
  3. Add Niman Ranch ground pork and Niman Ranch ground beef to the bowl and mix carefully with your hands – do not over mix! Just until meats are permeated with spices and vegetables.
  4. Form the mixture into 2.5-3 inch diameter balls
  5. Press down on the balls, place a quail egg in the center of each and wrap the meat mixture around the egg, covering it completely.
  6. Wrap each meat/egg package in foil, tightly
  7. Bring a pot of water with a steamer basket inside to boil, then lower heat to simmer
  8. Place foiled meatballs in steamer basket
  9. Steam meatballs for 30-40 minutes (until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees).
  10. Unwrap and serve with steamed rice!

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