Recipes
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
These meatballs in tomato sauce are delicious! Try the recipe!
Ingredients
- •A drizzle of olive oil
- •500g ground beef
- •1 egg
- •1 onion
- •2 cloves of garlic
- •3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- •1 teaspoon paprika
- •1 level teaspoon salt
- •Black pepper to taste
- •1 jar tomato passata – 680g
- •Fresh parsley and scallions to taste
- •1/2 onion
- •1 clove of garlic
- •1/2 cup water
- •Salt to taste
- •Black pepper to taste
- •3 basil leaves
Instructions
- 1
Place the beef, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, egg, parsley and scallions, and seasonings in a bowl.
- 2
Mix until evenly combined.
- 3
Shape into small balls and set aside.
- 4
Set aside.
- 5
Heat the olive oil in a pan, add a few meatballs and fry for 5 minutes on each side or until browned.
- 6
Set aside.
- 7
Add the onion and garlic to the same pan used to brown the meatballs.
- 8
Sauté briefly.
- 9
Add the tomato passata and water, then season with salt, pepper and basil.
- 10
Once the sauce comes to a boil, add the meatballs, cover the pan and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- 11
Turn off the heat and add the finely chopped parsley and scallions.
- 12
Transfer to an ovenproof serving dish and, if desired, sprinkle with a little Parmesan and fresh parsley.