Curried Meatballs

• 1 large, red cooking apple
• 1 small onion
• 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup plain dried bread crumbs
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup long-grain rice
• 1 package frozen peas, thawed
• 2 packages. white sauce mix
• 2 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/4 tsp. hot curry powder

Directions

About 1 hour before serving:

Cut apple in half. Grate onion and half of unpeeled apple; reserve remaining apple for garnish. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In bowl, mix grated apple and onion with ground beef, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, egg and 3 Tbsp. water. Shape ground beef mixture into 18 meatballs. Place meatballs in greased baking pan.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes until meatballs are lightly browned and cooked through. Meanwhile, prepare rice as label directs. Stir in peas; heat through. In 2 qt. saucepan, mix whitesauce mix, milk, and curry powder. Over medium heat, heat curry sauce to boiilng, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Arrange rice mixture and meatballs on platter; spoon sauce over meatballs. Slice remaining half apple; use to garnish platter. Makes 6 servings.

By Robin from Washington, IA