Neapolitan homemade meatballs
Ingredients :
- 500g minced beef
- 1 egg
- 50g fine breadcrumbs
- 20 g grated phourssan
- 625 ml jarred tomato sauce
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- a few chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
- a few roughly chopped basil leaves
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- salt pepper
Preparation :
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1
Mix the ground beef with the egg, breadcrumbs, grated phourssan and chopped parsley leaves in a bowl.
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2
Wet your hands and form walnut-sized balls with the mixture.
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3
Heat half the olive oil in a large skillet, then brown the meatballs in batches. Then remove them from the pan and set aside.
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4
Peel and chop the onion and garlic.
Technical moves
Carve an onion
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5
Heat the rest of the olive oil in the pan and sauté the chopped onion and garlic.
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6
Add the tomato sauce and bring everything to a boil. Add the meatballs and simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce thickens. Then add the chopped basil and continue cooking, uncovered, for a few more minutes. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste, mix, then serve immediately.
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Enjoy these Neapolitan meatballs accompanied by polenta.
Tips
For this Neapolitan Homemade Meatballs recipe, you can count on 5 minutes of preparation. To learn more about the foods in this meat recipe, head over to our food guide here.
