Bacon Jalapeño Beef Balls

• .600 kg pack of lean ground beef
• 1/3 of a sweet onion finely chopped
• 1 Jalapeno pepper/seeded
• a touch of salt and fresh ground pepper
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup bread crumbs
• 1 pack of bacon
• 125g/half block cream cheese
• Toothpicks or wooden kabobs.

1. 1. De-seed pepper and chop very fine. (Use half a pepper if you prefer mild balls). Chop onion very fine.
2. 2. In large bowl, mix all ingredients except the bacon. Blend well with hands. Make balls from the mix, a size about one inch in diameter/bite size. (If you are working with a friend, have your friend make the balls while you prepare the balls).
3. 3. Turn on oven to 415 degrees if you are serving balls immediately.
4. 4. Remove bacon from pack and place on cutting board, cut in half. I ended up removing 1/3 of each strip lengthways because it was all fat and was too big for the balls. Cut bacon to preference to fit your balls, but balls should exceed mouth popping size.
5. 5. Wrap the balls with the bacon and poke the toothpicks through them to hold the bacon in place.
6. 6. Balls are ready to be cooked, at 15 mins on each side. Check to see cooking is not burning bacon, enjoy!
7. 7. Freeze remaining balls, separated by parchment paper.

pack of lean ground beef, onion, pepper, salt, egg, bread crumbs, pack of bacon, cream cheese, toothpicks

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/bacon-jalapeno-beef-balls-52085431 (may not work)