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🍽️ Meatballs with Sheep's Cheese in Tomato Sauce

715 kcal · 70 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g minced meat, mixed
• 1 roll (from the previous day)
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 medium-sized onion(s) (finely diced)
• 1 clove(s) of garlic (crushed)
• 150 g feta cheese
• salt and pepper
• paprika powder
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1 medium-sized onion(s) (finely diced)
• 1 clove(s) of garlic (crushed)
• 500 g tomatoes, pureed
• 250 ml meat broth
• 2 tsp sugar
• optional salt
• 1 tbsp basil (dried)
• 100 ml sweet cream
• 50 g feta cheese

Instructions

1. 1. Place the bread roll in water until it is soft.
2. 2. Squeeze the soaked bread roll well.
3. 3. Mix the minced meat with the egg.
4. 4. Add the finely chopped onion to the meat mixture.
5. 5. Add the pressed garlic.
6. 6. Fold in the squeezed-out bread roll.
7. 7. Season the mixture with salt.
8. 8. Season the mixture with pepper.
9. 9. Season the mixture with paprika powder.
10. 10. Form ten equal-sized balls from the mixture.
11. 11. Cut the sheep's cheese into ten small cubes.
12. 12. Flatten one meat ball.
13. 13. Place a cheese cube in the center of the flattened ball.
14. 14. Seal the dough around the cheese.
15. 15. Reshape the ball to be round.
16. 16. Repeat this with all meatballs.
17. 17. Fry the balls on all sides in the pan.
18. 18. Place the fried balls into a baking dish.
19. 19. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
20. 20. Fry the chopped onion in the cooking fat.
21. 21. Fry the pressed garlic in the cooking fat.
22. 22. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and garlic.
23. 23. Stir in the meat broth while stirring constantly.
24. 24. Stir in the pureed tomatoes while stirring constantly.
25. 25. Add enough water so that the sauce is not too thin.
26. 26. Season the sauce with sugar.
27. 27. Season the sauce with salt if necessary.
28. 28. Let the sauce simmer on low heat for five minutes.
29. 29. Stir the dried basil into the sauce.
30. 30. Pour the tomato sauce over the meatballs.
31. 31. Sprinkle everything with 50 grams of sheep's cheese.
32. 32. Place the baking dish on the middle rack in the oven.
33. 33. Let the balls simmer in the oven for 20 minutes.
34. 34. Remove the dish from the oven.
35. 35. Stir the cream into the sauce.
36. 36. Put the dish back in the oven for another 10 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 715
• Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 51 g · Carbs: 24 g