Beef & Pork
Browned all over instead of grey and boiled — drop them into sauce after, or eat them straight out of the basket.
185° · 12m ✓71° 185°C / 370°F
Serves
Written for 4 — every ingredient quantity below is recalculated.
✓ 71°C / 160°F safe internal temp
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- 375 g beef mince, or half beef, half pork
- 38 g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg, beaten
- 23 g Parmesan, finely grated
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1½ tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- ¾ tsp fine salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
Steps
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Preheat the air fryer to 185°C / 370°F.
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Mix everything together with your hands until just combined — overworking makes the meatballs tight.
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Roll into 20 even balls, about 40 g / 1½ oz each, and space them out in the basket.
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Cook for 6 minutes.
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Shake the basket to roll the meatballs over.
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Cook for a further 6 minutes until browned all over.
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Check one from the middle reads 71°C / 160°F, then serve or simmer in sauce.