At home we don't prepare meatballs very often, but when we do we take the opportunity to make a large quantity to freeze. It was not the case with these meatballs in tomato sauce with zucchini and it is that in two days they were finished without option to save any.
This dish of meatballs is very complete, since in addition to the vegetables from the sauce to complete the tomato sauce, I decided to add carrot and courgette, so the amount of vegetables is very generous. In addition, I made the sauce have more prominence than the meatballs themselves.
This is a dish for the whole family. A simple dish to prepare that almost everyone likes. Do you want to improve it? Put a small cube of cheese in the center of each meatball? Bet on a creaminess in the bite and a flavor... especially if you bet on a cured cheese.
The recipe
- 500 g. minced meat (mixture of beef and pork)
- ¼ white onion, chopped
- 2 roasted garlic cloves, mashed
- 3 tablespoons of milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 green Italian bell pepper, chopped
- ⅓ red bell pepper for roasting, chopped
- 2 carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 small diced zucchini
- 400 g. crushed tomato
- 1 teaspoon double concentrated tomato
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 glass of vegetable broth
- We start by preparing the sauce. To do this, heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion and peppers for five minutes.
- Then add the carrot and zucchini and fry for a few more minutes until the zucchini begins to soften.
- Then, we incorporate the tomato, the oregano, the broth and season with salt and pepper to first cook the whole for 10 minutes with the lid on and then uncover it and let part of the broth evaporate.
- While the sauce is cooking we take the opportunity to mix all the ingredients for the meatballs minus the olive oil.
- Then we shape the meatballs and brown them with oil in a small frying pan in batches over medium-high heat.
- As we brown them, remove them to a plate. And when both the meatballs and the sauce are ready, We put them in the sauce.
- Finally, we bring to a boil and we cook the whole for five minutes or until meatballs are done.