Mini Meatball Skewers
Bite-sized beef meatballs on cocktail sticks — fun to eat.
Ready in
About 25 min · 10 min prep + 15 min cook
Gentle try
finger food
Texture
SoftSeparate foods
Ingredients
- Minced beef
- Breadcrumbs
- Eggs
- Parmesan
Step-by-step
- 1Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F) and line a tray with baking paper.
- 2Mix 400g minced beef with 40g breadcrumbs, 1 egg and 30g grated parmesan.
- 3Roll into small bite-sized balls (about 24 meatballs).
- 4Bake 12–14 min until cooked through and lightly browned.
- 5Slide 2–3 meatballs onto each cocktail stick. Cool 1 min before serving.
Adapt for a picky eater
- ·Make it milder: skip strong spices, herbs and onions — keep salt, butter or a touch of cheese instead.
- ·Swap an ingredient: trade anything they avoid for a safe favourite (e.g. cucumber sticks instead of cooked veg).
- ·Keep things separate: serve the parts side by side, not mixed — sauce on the side.
- ·Simplify: a smaller portion of just two or three familiar parts of the dish is a win.