Meatballs

Delicious meat dish for your lunch, and the side dish is the most varied. Usually, meatballs are boiled in broth or soup. We’ll cook the meatballs in the sauce. I love meatballs with delicious gravy.

 Servings: 6

Summary

Ingredients

• Pork – 500 g
• or minced pork and beef – 500 g
• Bulb onions – 1 pc.
• White bread – 1 slice
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Parsley – 1 bunch
• Mustard – 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• Vegetable oil – 30 g
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Broth or water – 0.5 cups

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Instructions

1. Soak 1 slice of white bread in water for 2-3 minutes. Squeeze out excess water.
2. Peel 1 onion, wash it, and cut into 4 pieces.
3. Wash, pat dry, and cut 500 g of pork (or pork and beef mixture) into pieces.
4. Grind together the meat pieces, squeezed bread, and onion pieces using a meat grinder.
5. Add 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of mustard, salt to taste, and pepper to taste. Mix well with your hands, then beat the mixture by throwing it onto a cutting board or into a bowl several times (about 1 minute) to develop texture.
6. Wash, dry, and finely chop the parsley bunch.
7. Add half of the chopped parsley to the meat mixture and mix well.
8. With wet hands, form the mixture into walnut-sized meatballs.
9. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat until shimmering.
10. Add meatballs to the hot oil and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Transfer to a bowl and cover.
11. Peel 2 garlic cloves and press or finely chop them.
12. In a clean pan, pour in 0.5 cups of broth or water. Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, the pressed garlic, salt to taste, and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
13. Add the remaining chopped parsley to the sauce and stir.
14. Add the browned meatballs to the sauce.
15. Cover with a lid, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 5-7 minutes until the meatballs are fully cooked through.
16. Serve the meatballs with sauce over your choice of side dish.

Enjoy your meal!