Spider Meatballs

Introduction & Inspiration

These spider meatballs are terrifyingly delicious, with crunchy legs and a juicy meatball centre. Their taste is sure to impress, and you can customize the filling with a mix of pork, beef, lamb, or your preferred meat. It's a pity Halloween isn't every day! 😉

Happy Halloween!

X Nic

Recipe Overview

Spider Body Ingredients:

60g Raw Minced Beef

60g Raw Minced Pork

60g Raw Minced Lamb

105g Raw Bone Marrow**

Salt To Taste

Spider Leg Ingredients:

120g Parma Ham

Spider Decoration (Optional):

6 x Dried Cranberries (for the eyes)

Recipe Instructions

Spider Leg Instructions:

Pre heat the oven to 180c*

Take a strip of Parma ham and cut it in half. Take one half of the Parma ham and roll it tightly into a long thin roll. Repeat the process for all the Parma ham.

Place the rolls (a.k.a. spider legs) onto a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper.

Once the oven has pre-heated place the tray into the oven and cook for 16 - 18 minutes.

Remove the baking tray from the oven and allow the legs to cool slightly.

Spider Body Instructions:

While the legs are cooking, mix half of the beef and half of the pork together along with a third of the bone marrow and a little salt. Use your hands to form a meatball shape with the mixture. Place the meatball on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper (allow enough room around the meatball to add the legs).

Mix the remaining half of the beef with half of the lamb and a third of the bone marrow and a little salt. Use your hands to form a meatball shape with the mixture. Place the meatball on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper (allow enough room around the meatball to add the legs).

Mix the remaining pork and lamb together with the remaining bone marrow and a little salt. Use your hands to form a meatball shape with the mixture. Place the meatball on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper (allow enough room around the meatball to add the legs).

Spider Assembly:

Add 8 Parma ham spider legs to each of the meatballs, together with two cranberries for their eyes.

Once the spider meatballs are assembled, place the baking tray in the oven and cook for 16-18 minutes.

Carefully remove the baking tray from the oven, then transfer these juicy spider meatballs to a serving plate to give your guests a fright!

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

Tips

Make the meatballs as large or small as you like. Just ensure you adjust the fat accordingly based on how much meat you use to make each spider.

*If you have Forced Convection setting (or similar) this will work well, when using multiple shelves in the oven.

**You can also use oven roasted bone marrow too, or else lard or tallow.

Ideally, purchase your meat from pasture raised animals that are Nitrate, Nitrite & Additive Free and use white sea salt or rock salt that contains no anticaking agents or other additives.

Any ingredients listed as Optional, may or may not be appropriate if you are following Strict PKD with No Allowances. If you are unsure, refer to the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet Rules document or consult with ICMNI in Hungary (Home - Nutriintervention).

Any fruit should be of organic quality, and are only recommended in small quantities for those who have recovered from any kind of health condition.

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