This meatballs in tomato sauce recipe is one of my favourites. It is a great comfort food and kids love it!
You can cook batches of these and store them in the freezer. Just double the amount.
When it comes to meat I will always stress to go organic. Non-organic meat is loaded with hormones and antibiotics.
Metalballs Recipe Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 250g of good quality organic minced beef
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- A handful of parsley finely chopped
- 25g of pecorino cheese grated
- 1 egg
- Salt and pepper
- Gluten-free breadcrumbs about a handful
- Gluten-free flour for dusting
For the Sauce:
- 400g good quality tinned tomato
- 1/2 a white onion finely chopped
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Place all the ingredients for the meatballs in a bowl and mix well. Roll the mixture into small round balls, dust each ball in a little flour and put on a plate. Set aside and prepare the sauce.
For the tomato sauce place the chopped onion in a generous amount of olive oil in a pan on medium heat, place a little water so as not to burn the onion and sauté’ for 1 minute. Then pour in the tomatoes and let it cook for a couple of minutes and season. Add the meatballs and close the lid. Cook for 20 minutes on low heat. If after 20 minutes the sauce is still too liquid let it cook for a further couple of minutes without the lid.
Serve with the cooked rice and garnish with finely chopped parsley.