Walnut Meatballs With Apricot Barbecue Sauce

Name: Walnut Meatballs With Apricot Barbecue Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 24 meatballs, 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup apricot preserves; 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice); 1/2 cup ketchup; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed; 2 tablespoons onions, grated; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon oregano, fresh finely chopped; 1 dash hot pepper sauce (like tobasco); 4 cups rice, cooked (white or brown); 4 eggs; 1 1/4 cups soda crackers, crushed about 36 crackers; 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded; 3/4 cup walnuts, ground; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3 tablespoons parsley, fresh minced; 1 1/2 teaspoons sage, ground; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Submitted by Shirl

"Found in the Cooking Pleasures magazine. I am always on the look out for vegetarian foods since my daughter started eating no meat. These actually look good. I am posting here for her. I have not tried this recipe. But I am planning this as a meal when she comes home for a visit."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 19
Yields:: 24 meatballs
Serves:: 6

ingredients

SAUCE
³⁄₄ cup apricot preserves
¹⁄₂ cup apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
¹⁄₂ cup ketchup
¹⁄₄ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons onions, grated
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon oregano, fresh finely chopped
1 dash hot pepper sauce (like tobasco)
MEATBALLS
4 cups rice, cooked (white or brown)
4 eggs
1 ¹⁄₄ cups soda crackers, crushed about 36 crackers
³⁄₄ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
³⁄₄ cup walnuts, ground
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons parsley, fresh minced
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons sage, ground
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt

directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Bring all sauce ingredients to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Cool.
Lightly spray a 13x9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
Gently combine all meatball ingredients by hand in a large bowl.
Shape into 24 (1 1/2 inch) meatballs and place in prepared baking dish.
Pour sauce over meatballs.
Bake 30 minutes or until meatballs are firm and sauce is bubbling all over and slightly thickened.
If you want to serve over rice, you will need to double the sauce ingredients.

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Reviews

We enjoyed this and I'm sure your daughter will too! The sauce was just barely enough to cover the meatballs so I might double it next time. The leftovers are also very tasty today! I served it with Onions Parmesan and it was a hit, thanks for the recipe!

Fishermanswife73

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Shirl

I live in a small rural town in central California. I am lucky enough to live and work in my community. I am the site coordinator for an after school program where we enroll over 100 students. My motto is there are no bad kids only bad parents. I have one daughter that is now in her second year of college and a husband that is the worse critic when it comes to food. He either likes it or doesn't no in between. I have been at the zaar for over a year now and continue to go back and forth on buying a membership, right now I'm going for buying. Trying to convince myself that it is only $2.00 a month and I could clean up that nonmember cookbook and get it organized so I might be able to find something :)I'm kinda a pack rat when it comes to food, I always have back ups and sometimes back ups for the back ups. My husband always tells everyone if there is a national disaster come to our house shirley will be able to feed an army. So yall are welcome too :)Edited to add i joined 12-31-06 my Christmas prsent to myself!

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