A great home-made recipe for a children's favourite.
Ingredients
For meatballs
- 250g lean minced pork, lamb or beef
- Half a small onion,
- 60g mushrooms,
- 2 tsp fresh herbs such as parsley or thyme
- 30g fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp good-quality vegetable oil
- For tomato sauce:
- 250g fresh tomatoes (or 50ml passata)
- 150ml (quarter pint) water or vegetable stock
- Half small onion
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tbsp fresh herbs such as basil, parsley or thyme
Makes 25 small meatballs
How to make Mini Meatballs in a Herby Tomato Sauce
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F or Gas 4
- For the meatballs, finely chop the onion, mushrooms, fresh herbs (you can prep the onion and herbs for the sauce now as well)
- Place all of the ingredients, except the oil, in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Use your hands to divide and shape the mixture into 25 balls. Chill in the refrigerator while you make the sauce
- For the sauce, finely chop the onion and herbs (if you haven't already) and skin, seed and chop the tomatoes
- Put all of the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil over a medium heat
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly, then liquidize
- Put the meatballs in an oven proof dish. Pour the sauce over the meatballs, cover with a lid or foil and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes
Recipe from
Organix.com