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🍽️ Crispy Meatballs in Tomato-Olive Sauce

385 kcal · 40 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 rolls (from the day before)
• 150 g minced meat (mixed or lamb mince)
• 1 egg(s)
• 0.5 tsp mustard
• 0.5 shallot(s) (diced)
• 1 clove(s) of garlic
• 2 pinch(es) of salt and pepper
• 2 sprig(s) of marjoram (chopped and thyme chopped)
• 1 tbsp olive oil (or rapeseed oil)
• 0.5 spring onion(s) (cut into fine rings)
• 5 olives (pitted, diced)
• 1 shallot(s) (cut into fine rings)
• 100 g cherry tomato(es)
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 80 ml tomato, pureed
• 80 ml broth
• 1 sprig(s) of oregano (chopped)

Instructions

1. 1. Soak the bread roll in some water and then squeeze it out well.
2. 2. Mix the squeezed bread roll with the minced meat, the egg, the mustard, and the diced shallots in a bowl.
3. 3. Peel the garlic clove and dice it finely.
4. 4. Knead the garlic together with salt, pepper, marjoram, and thyme thoroughly into the meat mixture.
5. 5. Shape the mixture into equally sized balls.
6. 6. Put one tablespoon of oil into the baking basket of the air fryer.
7. 7. Preheat the air fryer for 3 minutes at 180 °C.
8. 8. Fry the meatballs for 5 minutes in the preheated fryer.
9. 9. Wash the spring onions and peel the shallot.
10. 10. Cut both into thin rings.
11. 11. Add the cherry tomatoes, chili powder, puréed tomatoes, broth, spring onions, olives, and shallots to the pre-cooked meatballs.
12. 12. Simmer everything for 12 to 15 minutes at 180 °C in the air fryer.
13. 13. Season the dish at the end with salt, pepper, and chopped oregano.
14. 14. Cut a slice of toast bread into two triangles.
15. 15. Spread cream horseradish on the toast triangles.
16. 16. Press a sage leaf onto the bread and sprinkle it with Parmesan.
17. 17. Put the crostini in the air fryer for 3 minutes at 180 °C until they are crispy.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 385
• Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 24 g · Carbs: 18 g