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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

Keywords for this recipe:Meat balls Tomato sauce Herbs White wine

For 4 people, you will need:

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

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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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Meatballs: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Couscous, Quick stuffed courgettes, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable pie, Preserved tomatoes, Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes, Italian toast, Chicken and Avocado Salad, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal Marengo, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Tomato ladybirds, Gratin Parmentier, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, ... All
	Thyme: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Baker's chicken and potato tart, Herb olive oil, Penne with purple artichokes, Ratatouille, Kérinou slices, ... All

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