Name: Meatballs with tomato sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 145 min
Total time: 175 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Beef
Ingredients: 30.00 ml fresh chillies 573; 2.00 onion finely chopped; 750.00 g whole tomatoes tinned, Italian; 125.00 ml wine red; 40.00 ml tomato paste; 40.00 ml fresh basil chopped; 5.00 ml sugar; 0.00 salt and freshly ground black pepper; 400.00 g beef mince; 400.00 g pork mince; 3.00 white bread sliced; 2.00 eggs; 0.00 fresh oregano chopped; 250.00 ml parmesan cheese grated; 0.00 parsley finely chopped

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Ingredients (15)

30.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573
2.00	onion — finely chopped
750.00 g	whole tomatoes — tinned, Italian
125.00 ml	wine — red
40.00 ml	tomato paste
40.00 ml	fresh basil — chopped
5.00 ml	sugar
0.00	salt and freshly ground black pepper
400.00 g	beef mince
400.00 g	pork mince
3.00	white bread — sliced
2.00	eggs
0.00	fresh oregano — chopped
250.00 ml	parmesan cheese — grated
0.00	parsley — finely chopped

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Method:

Tamato sauce
1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the chopped onions and sautè until they are translucent and soft.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and flavour with salt and freshly ground pepper.
3. Allow the mixture to cook slowly for an hour and a half, with the lid slightly open, not forgetting to stir every now and then.
4. Pour the sauce through a sieve or use an electric blender. Flavour if necessary.

Meatballs
1. Thoroughly mix the two types of mince meat.
2. Allow the bread to soak for about 10 minutes. If any, remove the excess water.
3. Mix together the bread and the mince and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Flavour with salt and freshly ground pepper.
4. Shape large-sized meatballs and pack closely together in an oven dish.
5. Allow to bake in the oven for 1 hour at 180 C. Pour the tamato sauce over the meatballs and allow to it to bake for a further 15 minutes.