In Italian cuisine, there are many options for making Italian meatballs. They are known all over the world and by everyone, almost like pizza. In this article, you will learn how to make original typical Italian balls.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
An original and at the same time typical Italian, very simple dish - tender and tasty meatballs. If you're looking for the perfect Italian meat recipe, chances are you've already found it. This is the best Italian meatball recipe. Their amazing taste will not leave anyone indifferent, they are used both at lunch and at any other convenient time. You can cook such balls in a pan on the stove or in a saucepan in the oven. In addition, they can be frozen for future use in portioned sealed containers intended for freezing, so that later, as needed, it remains only to prepare them. And Italian meatballs are perfectly combined with pasta, spaghetti, rice and even ordinary boiled potatoes or just bread.
I also note that the success of Italian cuisine is the sophistication of sauces. Italians are always on top, because know how to cook incredibly tasty dishes from ordinary products. So in this recipe for meatballs, the decisive role is played not only by the original composition of the minced meat, but also by the tomato sauce with white wine. However, in general, many Italian dishes are so simple that sometimes you are amazed at how delicious the dishes turn out, which simply cannot be described in words.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 177 kcal.
- Servings - 25
- Cooking time - 1 hour
Ingredients:
- Pork - 600 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Walnuts - 6 pcs.
- Ground crackers - 50 g
- Hard cheese - 100 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Dry white wine - 250 ml
- Salt - 1.5 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch, peas - 4 pcs.
- Bay leaf - 3 pcs.
- Ground sweet paprika - 1 tsp
- Ginger powder - 0.5 tsp
Cooking Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
1. Peel the walnuts, remove the kernels and place in the chopper. You can pre-pierce the nuts a little more in a frying pan.
2. Knock nuts and small crumbs.
3. Grate the cheese on a medium grater. Peel the garlic.
4. Peel the onion, wash, chop into half rings and sauté in vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat.
5. Wash the meat, strip it of film, veins and fat. Pass it through the middle rack of a meat grinder, also twist the fried onions and pass the garlic through a press.
6. Pour grated cheese, ground crackers and nut crumbs into the minced meat.
7. Beat in eggs, season with salt and ground pepper.
8. Mix the minced meat well until smooth and smooth.
9. Form medium-sized meatballs, slightly larger than the walnuts.
10. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and put the meatballs to fry. Fry them on both sides over high heat until golden brown.
11. Prepare the sauce. In a deep bowl, combine wine, tomato sauce, ground paprika, ginger powder, bay leaf, peppercorns, a pinch of salt and pepper.
12. In a skillet, heat the tomato sauce and boil for 1-2 minutes.
13. Pour the tomato sauce over the meatballs.
14. Boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
15. Serve ready-made meatballs hot with any side dish to taste. Although it will be very tasty to use meatballs and just with fresh vegetable salad and a slice of bread.
See also a video recipe on how to cook meatballs in Italian sauce. Culinary educational program with Ilya Lazerson.
