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🍽️ Crispy Meatballs with Fresh Celery-Tomato Salsa

520 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash the celery thoroughly and cut it into small cubes.
  2. 2. Roughly chop the celery greens and set them aside.
  3. 3. Pour hot water over the tomatoes to loosen the skin.
  4. 4. Peel, core the tomatoes, and cut the flesh into small cubes.
  5. 5. Peel the onions and dice them finely.
  6. 6. Combine the celery cubes, tomato cubes, and one-third of the onions in a bowl.
  7. 7. Add lime juice, one tablespoon of oil, salt, pepper, and Sambal Oelek.
  8. 8. Stir the mixture well and let it sit for a moment to blend flavors.
  9. 9. Peel the garlic and dice it finely.
  10. 10. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan.
  11. 11. Sauté the remaining onions and garlic over medium heat for three to five minutes.
  12. 12. Allow the onion mixture to cool down slightly.
  13. 13. Place the minced meat into a large bowl.
  14. 14. Add one teaspoon of salt, pepper, soy sauce, mustard, tomato paste, and one egg.
  15. 15. Add the cooled onion mixture to the minced meat.
  16. 16. Mix everything with breadcrumbs until a moldable dough forms.
  17. 17. Shape twelve small meatballs from the mixture.
  18. 18. Heat the remaining oil in a large pan.
  19. 19. Fry the meatballs in batches, cooking each side for about five minutes over medium heat.
  20. 20. Remove the meatballs from the pan and let them drain on kitchen paper.
  21. 21. Season the salsa with a little more pepper to taste.
  22. 22. Arrange the meatballs on a serving plate.
  23. 23. Top the meatballs with some salsa and fleur de sel (flake salt).
  24. 24. Serve the meatballs and provide the remaining salsa on the side.

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