Name: Sweet 'n sour meatballs
Yield: 32 servings
Cuisine: Beef
Ingredients: 1.00 kg beef mince lean; 1.00 onion finely chopped; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 2.00 eggs beaten; 30.00 g breadcrumbs white; 10.00 ml gravy powder; 7.00 ml salt; 1.00 ml freshly ground black pepper; 440.00 g pineapple cut into chunks; 80.00 ml marmalade; 20.00 ml cornflour; 15.00 ml tomato sauce; 7.00 ml vinegar white garpe; 1.00 celery stalks finely sliced; 1.00 green pepper strips; 1.00 tomatoes peeled and diced

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Ingredients (16)

MEATBALLS

1.00 kg	beef mince — lean
1.00	onion — finely chopped
2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
2.00	eggs — beaten
30.00 g	breadcrumbs — white
10.00 ml	gravy powder
7.00 ml	salt
1.00 ml	freshly ground black pepper

SAUCE

440.00 g	pineapple — cut into chunks
80.00 ml	marmalade
20.00 ml	cornflour
15.00 ml	tomato sauce
7.00 ml	vinegar — white garpe
1.00	celery stalks — finely sliced
1.00	green pepper — strips
1.00	tomatoes — peeled and diced

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Method:

Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs.
Divide the mixture into 4 equal parts and shape each quarter into 8 meatballs.
Arrange 8 meatballs at a time in a circle on a microwave plate. Microwave for 4 minutes, uncovered on 100 per cent power.
Turn the meatballs and microwave for another 2 minutes on 100 per cent power. Set aside.
Drain the pineapple chunks and set aside.
Add enough water to the syrup to make up 250 ml and pour into a microwaveproof dish.
Add the remaining sauce ingredients, except the vegetables, to the syrup and mix well.
Microwave for 5 minutes, uncovered, on 100 per cent power. Stir once a minute. Set aside.
Mix the celery, carrot, green pepper and tomato in a microwaveproof dish and cover with plastic wrap.
Microwave for 3 to 4 minutes on 100 per cent power until the vegetables are soft. Add the pineapple chunks and mix with the sauce.
Microwave for another 1 minute, uncovered, at 100 per cent power.
Pour the mixture over the meatballs and serve hot with rice.