There are a couple of sites that I like to visit for both Spanish and Greek recipes, I've found all of these sites really reliable and the recipes pretty much always stack up.
Shout out to :
This recipe was from Nikolopaa as I just love his tutorials - so much fun, I want to have a go at making everything from his blog...
This recipe was outstanding and really quite easy to make, it made a lot of food so I froze half of it down and it de-frosted really well too.
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
1kg Lean Minced Beef / Steak
200gm White Bread
150ml Red Wine ( can replace with stock or milk or even just water )
2 Eggs
2 Red Onions Finely Chopped
6 Garlic Cloves Finely Chopped
12 ish gms Chopped Mint
12 ish gms Chopped Parsley
50mls Nice Olive Oil ( Greek if possible )
2 Teaspoons Ground Cumin
20gms Salt
4 gms Black Pepper
For The Sauce
1 Large Onion Finely chopped
4 Garlic Cloves Finely Chopped or minced
1 Tablespoon Tomato Paste
700mls Tomato Passata
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Red Wine ( or Beef Stock )
2 Bay Leaves
1 Cinnamon Stick
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Pepper
In a large mixing bowl break bread into red wine and soak for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes add all the other meatball ingredients and mix thoroughly - best done with clean hands as it mixes up nicely.
Preheat the oven to 170c / 340f / gas mark 3
Shape the meatballs into oval meatball shapes ( mine made approx 12 meatballs ).
Place meatballs into a lightly oiled baking dish and bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
While the meatballs are baking - make the sauce.
Heat the oil in a flameproof pan and gently cook the onion and garlic until soft but not brown.
Add tomato paste and cook for about a minute.
Add everything else and cook gently for about 15 minutes.
After meatballs have cooked for 30 minutes, pour over the hot tomato sauce and cover.
Bake for another 30 minutes.
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