Green Dragon Walnut Meatballs

After a talk I gave at a literary festival recently, a woman from the audience showed me (as many have done over the years) a stained first edition of this book and told me that she has found these served in two different Chinese restaurants, purporting to be a classic Chinese dish. This is far from the case; I dreamt up both the recipe and its title in the 1980s! Quick to prepare, they are good for a lunch, served with noodles and a green salad. If you want to turn them into Red Dragon Wal