Marvin’s bison meatballs, baked in the oven with a hoisin sauce.

Ingredients

• 1 large red onion
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon of cumin seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon of cilantro seeds
• 3 peppercorns
• 2 cloves of cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
• 450 g of ground bison
• ½ cup of cooked rice
• 10 large basil leaves, cut into thin strips
• 1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil
• 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce
• Hoisin sauce

Preheat the oven to 220 °C.

Grease the bottom of a 23 x 30 cm glass dish.

Finely chop the onion into long, thin slices.

Place the onion and garlic in a microwave-safe container and heat for 5 minutes on high power.

In a mortar, grind the cumin, cilantro, pepper, cloves, and salt together.

Roughly combine the softened onion and garlic, bison, rice, spices, fish sauce, and basil.

Shape tapered cylinders with rounded ends, approximately 3 cm in diameter at the middle and 13 cm in length, and place them in the dish.

Drizzle them with hoisin sauce.

Bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.