Name: Meatballs in roast tomato sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Cuisine
Ingredients: 100.00 ml olive oil extra virgin; 1.00 onion finely chopped; 50.00 g pine nuts (or slivered almonds), roughly chopped; 4.00 garlic cloves, chopped; 60.00 ml parmesan cheese grated; 1.00 eggs large; 500.00 g pork mince; 50.00 g breadcrumbs fresh; 15.00 ml lemon zest only; 200.00 g ricotta cheese; 50.00 ml fresh Italian parsley chopped; 1.00 tinned tomatoes Italian-style, chopped plum; 25.00 ml fresh basil; 3.00 ml dried oregano; 125.00 ml wine dry white; 250.00 g bacon streaky, rindless

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Ingredients (16)

100.00 ml	olive oil — extra virgin
1.00	onion — finely chopped
50.00 g	pine nuts — (or slivered almonds), roughly chopped
4.00	garlic — cloves, chopped
60.00 ml	parmesan cheese — grated
1.00	eggs — large
500.00 g	pork mince
50.00 g	breadcrumbs — fresh
15.00 ml	lemon — zest only
200.00 g	ricotta cheese
50.00 ml	fresh Italian parsley — chopped
1.00	tinned tomatoes — Italian-style, chopped plum
25.00 ml	fresh basil
3.00 ml	dried oregano
125.00 ml	wine — dry white
250.00 g	bacon — streaky, rindless

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Method:

1. Heat 50ml olive oil in a frying pan and fry the
onion until soft. Add the pine nuts and half the
garlic. Cook for a further three minutes. Remove
from the heat and transfer to a bowl to cool.

2. Add the Parmesan, egg, pork mince, breadcrumbs,
lemon zest, ricotta and parsley to the
onion mixture and stir well to combine. Season
with salt and freshly ground black pepper and
refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

3. Prepare the tomato sauce in the meantime. Place
the tomatoes in a roasting tin and sprinkle with
the remaining garlic and the herbs. Drizzle with
25ml olive oil and the white wine. Toss to combine.
Roast in a preheated oven for 40 minutes, until
thick and soft.

4. Roll the mince mixture into small balls, wrap
each one in a piece of bacon and secure with a
toothpick. Place on a greased baking tray and
cook under a hot grill, turning a few times during
the cooking time to brown right round.

5. Transfer the meatballs to the roasting tin with
the tomatoes and return to the oven to heat
through. Serve with pasta and garnish with fresh
rocket and extra Parmesan cheese.