"Everyone loves a steaming plate of meatball simmered in tomato sauce. Tomatoes have a slight acidic bite, which will pair well with red wines that have a nice acidic kick as well."
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
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Prep time 20mins
Cook time 19mins
Serves or Makes: 4
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ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 2 Egg
- 2 Onion
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 tabelspoons parsley
- 1 tabelspoons basil
- 2 tabelspoons Cooking Oil
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 can tomatoes
- Salt, Pepper
Method
Step 1
Grate the onion, garlic, and parmesan. You can use the same grater for this.
Step 2
Finely chop the parsley and basil.
Step 3
Mix half the onion and garlic, the meat, spices, bread, cheese, and eggs until well mixed.
Step 4
Add water as needed to help the mixture stick together.
Step 5
This should make 16 medium-sized balls.
Step 6
Heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil and fry the meatballs until browned.
Step 7
In a saucepot heat the other tbsp of oil and saute the remaining onion and garlic.
Step 8
Add the tomatoes to the saucepot along with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 9
Add the meatballs to the pot and simmer on low until heated through.
Step 10
You can let the meatballs simmer for up to an hour, but 15 minutes will suffice