Grandma Andrea's meatballs (TM)

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A Spanish meatball recipe for the Thermomix.

Ingredients

• 250g beef
• 250g pork
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 sprig of parsley
• 2 eggs
• 80g breadcrumbs
• 50g white wine
• Salt
• Flour for dredging
• Olive oil

For the sauce

• 50g oil
• 100g onion peeled and chopped
• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• 1kg tinned tomatoes
• 25g sugar
• Salt
• Pepper

Method

1. Cut the meat into pieces, removing any fat.
2. Put it in the bowl with the garlic and parsley 10 seconds / Speed 8.
3. Add the eggs, the breadcrumbs, the wine and the salt 6 seconds / Speed 3½.
4. Take the mixture out of the bowl and form into large balls using your hands.
5. Dredge in the flour and fry in a pan in hot oil. Reserve.
6. Clean the bowl thoroughly in order to prepare the sauce.
7. Add the oil, onion and garlic 10 seconds / Speed 5.
8. Push down the ingredients inside the bowl 3 minutes / 100° / Speed 2.
9. Add the tomato and sugar, season then 30 minutes / 100° / Speed 1.
10. Add the meatballs to the sauce 2 minutes / 100° / Reverse Blade / Speed Spoon.
11. Serve the meatballs with the sauce and if desired, garnish with some parsley leaves.

Recipe source

• This is a translation of a recipe in Cocina española con Thermomix

Chef's notes

Follow the RSPCA Think Pig Checklist to make sure that your pork has come from pigs that have been reared to higher welfare standards.

• http://bit.ly/rspcathinkpig