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Tomato meat balls

Meat balls in a tasty tomato sauce with herbs and white wine.

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Last modified on: February 28^th 2012

For 4 people, you will need:

0 2 tomatoes
1 2 tablespoons olive oil
2 1 sprig thyme
3 1 sprig parsley
4 1 sprig rosemary
5 1 garlic clove
6 1 glass dry white wine
7 20 Meatballs
8 2 tablespoons olive oil
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 770 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
10 min.	20 min.	30 min.

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Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Wash 2 tomatoes, discard hard part and cut in 4.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a pan over medium heat.

When oil is hot, add 1 sprig thyme, 1 sprig parsley, 1 sprig rosemary and 1 garlic clove, salt, pepper and cook while stirring for 1 minute.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Add tomatoes, stir briefly and cover.

Cover and leave to cook for about 10 minutes on low heat.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

After this, remove and discard tomato skins, herbs and garlic.

Add 1 glass dry white wine, mix well and check seasoning, then leave on low heat.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Meanwhile, cook 20 Meatballs in 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

As soon as they are well browned, pour in tomato sauce and mix well.

Stage 7

Serve as it is, or with some white rice or pilaf.

Remarks

For a quicker recipe, leave out herbs and use olive oil with herbs instead of plain olive oil.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
774 Kcal or 3,241 Kj	11 gr	17 gr	76 gr
39 %	4 %	2 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
100 Kcal or 419 Kj	1 gr	2 gr	10 gr
5 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
193 Kcal or 808 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	19 gr
10 %	1 %	<1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.25 €
Per person : 1.06 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Meatballs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick stuffed courgettes, Couscous, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken breasts with tarragon, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Spicy seafood plancha, Baby spinach salad, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mexican ceviche, Ratatouille confite, Cauliflower tabouleh, Ratatouille, Greek salad, ... All
	Rosemary: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Preserved tomatoes, Preserved lemons, Fried eggs with tomatoes, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Herb olive oil, ... All

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