Meatballs With Tomato Sauce

        What is great about this recipe is that you can make more meatballs at once and keep them in the refrigerator, or even freeze them, and just put together a sauce when you crave for some meatballs. It is an easy to do recipe which can save you when you have unexpected guests.


         Meatballs Ingredients:

         - 500 g minced meat
         - 2 eggs
         - 2 slices of bread without crust (soaked and squeezed well)
         - 3-4 cloves of garlic
         - half a bunch of dill
         - salt and pepper
         - flour or breadcrumbs

         Tomato Sauce Ingredients:

         - 4-5 full tablespoons of tomato paste
         - 400 ml water
         - 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
         - salt, pepper, dry thyme and 1 bay leaf
         - 2 cloves of garlic
         - 1 tablespoon of flour



         To prepare the meatballs, just mix all the ingredients in a large bowl. Taste the meat by putting a really small amount on your tongue and see if it needs more salt, and then spit it out.

         Moist your hands in water and start forming some meatballs. After every a few, moist your hands again to prevent the mixture sticking to your hands. If you fry them and see that they fall apart, that means that it needs more eggs.

        You can either pass the meatballs through flour or breadcrumbs, and then fry them in hot oil. If you use breadcrumbs they will be more crunchy, as opposite to the flour which will keep them fluffy.

        Prepare the sauce by mixing the tomato paste with water and pour it in the pan over the hot oil. Pour it all at once so the oil won't start splashing. Add a pinch of salt, pepper, dry thyme, bay leaf and minced garlic. Mix the flour with 2 tablespoons of water until you get a paste. Make sure it has no lumps, and add it to the tomato paste.

        Put the meatballs in and boil it for 5 minutes stirring from time to time so that the sauce won't make lumps. You can serve it with smashed potatoes and a green salad.

        Advice:

        - taste the meat to know how much salt you need

        - I always use chicken thigh, I buy it fresh and boneless from the store and I mince it myself

        - if you don't like tomato paste, replace it with one can of tomatoes which you blend into a paste, and add 1 teaspoon of sugar to cut down the acidity from the tomatoes

        - use as much dill as you like, it's not a rule that it has to be half of bunch, especially that the bunch can be bigger or smaller, depending on where you buy it from

        - you can soak the bread in milk instead of water





         This recipe is really easy and delicious. I know it might not be your traditional meatballs with tomato sauce recipe, but you won't know if you like it until you give it a try :)
         Kisses :*


                                                                                          Bon Appétit!