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Tomato meat balls

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

211 K 5.0/5 (28 reviews)

30 min.

Easy

4.25 €

4 people

11 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 28^th 2012

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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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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 10 min.

Cooking: 20 min.

All in all: 30 min.

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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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	50 RDI=20 %	30 RDI=3 %	180 RDI=30 %	1,900 RDI=100 %	7,960 RDI: 100 %
Per 100 g	6 RDI=3 %	3 RDI=0 %	20 RDI=3 %	250 RDI=10 %	1,030 RDI: 10 %
Per person	10 RDI=5 %	7 RDI=1 %	40 RDI=7 %	480 RDI=20 %	1,990 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, egg, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.25 €
Per person : 1.10 €

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