Ground Beef and Sausage Meat Skewers [+ oven]
Servings:	6
Ingredients	Preparation
1 [5 1/2-ounce / 440-mL] can pineapple chunks 1 1/2 cups [375 mL] taco sauce and dip 1 pound [454 g] ground beef 1/2 pound [227 g] sausage meat 2 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup [190 mL] fine dry breadcrumbs 18 [1-inch / 2.5-cm each] pieces sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded 18 whole tiny onions, peeled 6 skewers	Preheat oven to 400°F [200°C]. Drain pineapple chunks reserving juice separately. Mix together pineapple juice and taco sauce and dip. Mix together 1/2 cup [125 mL] pineapple juice mixture, ground beef, sausage meat, beaten eggs and fine dry breadcrumbs. Reserve remaining pineapple juice mixture for cooking on the barbecue. Shape mixture into 24 meatballs. Arrange meatballs side-by-side into a baking pan and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Transfer meatballs onto paper toweling; leave to drain. Boil together sweet green pepper pices and peeled tiny onions into lightly salted water fort 3 minutes; drain vegetables. Preheat barbecue to medium intensity. Alternately thread 4 meats balls, 3 tiny onions, 3 pieces sweet green pepper and 3 pineapple chunks onto each skewer. Grill brochettes directly over hot embers turning and coating them every once in a while with remaining pineapple juice mixture, for 8 to 10 minutes.