Name: Meatballs in tomato sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 4.00 spring onion chopped; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 20.00 ml sambal oelek or finely chopped chillies; 500.00 ml breadcrumbs; 20.00 ml fresh oregano chopped; 1.00 eggs lightly whisked; 5.00 ml black pepper freshly ground; 2.00 onion chopped; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 2.00 tin tomatoes peeled; 40.00 ml tomato paste; 500.00 ml stock beef; 15.00 ml sugar; 5.00 ml salt; 5.00 ml black pepper freshly ground; 20.00 ml fresh basil

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Ingredients (16)

meatballs: beef mince

4.00	spring onion — chopped
2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
20.00 ml	sambal oelek — or finely chopped chillies
500.00 ml	breadcrumbs
20.00 ml	fresh oregano — chopped
1.00	eggs — lightly whisked

hash browns with yoghurt dip: salt

5.00 ml

black pepper — freshly ground

tomato sauce: olive oil

2.00	onion — chopped
2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
2.00 tin	tomatoes — peeled
40.00 ml	tomato paste
500.00 ml	stock — beef
15.00 ml	sugar
5.00 ml	salt
5.00 ml	black pepper — freshly ground
20.00 ml	fresh basil

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Method:

Meatballs: Mix all the ingredients well and
shape the mixture into small balls.

Tomato sauce: Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onions and garlic until soft.
Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, stock, sugar, salt and pepper and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes or
until the sauce thickens slightly.
Add the meatballs and basil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until the meatballs are done.
Serve the meatballs and tomato sauce with spaghetti.