March 01, 2017 / In food , beef / Tagged as: beef, mozzarella, oregano, egg, onion, garlic, pesto, basil

Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Total Cook Time

70 minutes

Ingredients

  • 900g mince beef
  • 110g mozzarella grated
  • small bunch of oregano chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 onion, grated
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • plain flour for dusting
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • portion of tomato sauce. See tomato sauce recipe!
  • fresh basil to garnish

Method

  1. Mix the beef, mozzarella, oregano, eggs, onion, garlic and pesto in a bowl and add some salt and pepper.
  2. Fry a small amount, taste and adjust seasoning as required.
  3. Make meatballs a little bit bigger than golf ball size.
  4. Roll meatballs in dusting of flour.
  5. Transfer meatballs to a frying pan and brown over high heat.
  6. Fill dish with tomato sauce and place meatballs on top.
  7. Cook in an oven at 200 degrees C for 35 minutes.

Note

Its possible to cook this in a pot for 40 minutes on a low heat. You need to stir regularly otherwise the sauce will stick and burn.

Finely slicing instead of grating works equally well.