Nigella Lawson's Black Pudding Meatballs Recipe | BBC2 Cook, Eat, Repeat

Ingredients

• 400ml cold water
• 2 onions (approx. 300g)
• 45g beef dripping or 3 x 15ml tbsp olive oil
• 2 fat cloves of garlic
• 3 x 15ml tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
• 1 x 15ml tbsp tomato purée
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (gluten-free if necessary)
• 2 tsp sea salt flakes (or 1 tsp fine sea salt)
• 500g minced beef (not low fat)
• 250g black pudding (gluten-free if necessary)
• 3 x 15ml tbsp finely chopped parsley, plus more to serve
• 2 x 15ml tbsp finely chopped chives, plus more to serve
• a very good grinding of pepper
• ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes
• 2 x 15ml tbsp porridge oats (not jumbo, gluten-free if necessary)
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature