Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Meatballs in tomato sauce - recipe with photo, main course
Rating: 4.7 Votes: 21
Cooking Time:
1 hour
Recipe Yield:
4-6 servings
Difficulty:
Medium recipe

Meatballs in tomato sauce - a recipe for the main course, meatballs are tender, juicy, the broth for the sauce can be replaced with water.

Recipe Ingredients

Beef 400 g
White Bread 100 g
Onion 1 pcs
Broth 1 cup
Milk 0.5 cup
Eggs 1 pcs
Wheat Flour 2 tbsp
Butter 2 tbsp
Tomato Paste 1 tbsp
Bay Leaf 1 pcs
Black Pepper 3-4 pcs

Cooking Recipe

For the meatballs in tomato sauce recipe, wash the meat and cut into small pieces. In a meat grinder, grind beef with bread and onions soaked in milk. Salt the minced meat, pepper, add the egg and mix.

Form small balls with a diameter of 3-4 cm from minced meat, roll in flour and fry in a pan with heated oil. Fry meatballs on all sides until golden brown.

Transfer the fried meatballs to a saucepan, add tomato paste diluted with broth, bay leaf, peppercorns and garlic, mashed with salt. Cover the saucepan with a lid and put on a slow fire.

It is necessary to cook meatballs at a low boil for 20 minutes. When serving meatballs garnish with boiled potatoes, buckwheat porridge or boiled rice, pour over the sauce, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs and serve to the table.