Mandarin Orange Spice Meatballs

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 5 mandarin orange spice tea bags
• 1 1/2 cups wine
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1/4 red onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic (4 cloves)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup orange marmalade
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 dash pepper

Recipe

• 1 steep the tea bags in the wine for 10 minutes.
• 2 squeeze tea bags gently and then discard.
• 3 set wine aside.
• 4 blend the beef, lamb, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
• 5 pour 3/4 cup of the wine into the meat and mix well.
• 6 form into small meatballs (yields 35-40 meatballs).
• 7 heat the oil in a large skillet over medium flame and brown the meatballs.
• 8 remove the meatballs and set aside on a warm platter.
• 9 carefully pour the grease out of the skillet.
• 10 add the remaining wine, the cornstarch and the marmalade to the skillet.
• 11 stir over medium heat until thickened.
• 12 add the meatballs to the sauce mixture and simmer 15 minutes.