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Currant Meatballs

appetizers, beef - ground

1 egg
1/4 cup whipping cream or milk
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup currants
1/4 cup pine nuts; toasted
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch ground cloves
1 pound lean ground beef
40 basil leaves

In bowl, whisk egg with cream; stir in bread crumbs, currants, pine nuts, onion, salt, cinnamon and cloves until blended. Let stand for 5 minutes. Mix in beef. Roll by heaping tablespoonfuls into 40 balls. Bake on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet in 375°F oven for about 10 minutes or until no longer pink inside. Fold each basil leaf around meatball; skewer with toothpick.

Contributor: Canadian Living - December, 1999

Yield: 40 pieces

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