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🍽️ Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

569 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 140 g onions (2 onions each)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 bunch basil
• 400 g ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp oats
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 40 g tomato paste (2 tbsp each)
• 840 g peeled tomatoes (can; net weight)
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 300 g whole grain pasta

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onions and the garlic cloves.
2. 2. Finely dice the onions and the garlic.
3. 3. Put half of the onions and garlic into a bowl.
4. 4. Wash the basil.
5. 5. Shake the basil dry.
6. 6. Pluck the basil leaves from the stems.
7. 7. Finely chop the basil leaves.
8. 8. Add the chopped basil to the bowl.
9. 9. Add the minced meat to the bowl.
10. 10. Add the egg to the bowl.
11. 11. Add the oat flakes to the bowl.
12. 12. Season the mixture with salt.
13. 13. Season the mixture with pepper.
14. 14. Knead everything into a dough using the beaters of a hand mixer.
15. 15. Heat oil in a wide pot.
16. 16. Add the remaining onions and garlic to the pot.
17. 17. Sauté the vegetables until translucent over medium heat.
18. 18. Stir in the tomato paste.
19. 19. Sauté the tomato paste briefly.
20. 20. Roughly crush the tomatoes directly in the can with a knife.
21. 21. Add the tomatoes including the juice to the pot.
22. 22. Pour in 250 milliliters of water.
23. 23. Wash the rosemary.
24. 24. Shake the rosemary dry.
25. 25. Pluck the rosemary needles.
26. 26. Finely chop the rosemary needles.
27. 27. Add the chopped rosemary to the tomato sauce.
28. 28. Add the bay leaves to the tomato sauce.
29. 29. Season the sauce with salt.
30. 30. Season the sauce with pepper.
31. 31. Simmer the sauce in the open pot over low heat for 40 minutes.
32. 32. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
33. 33. Moisten your hands.
34. 34. Form small meatballs from the dough.
35. 35. Distribute the meatballs on the baking sheet.
36. 36. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
37. 37. Set the oven to convection 180 degrees Celsius.
38. 38. Set the oven to gas level 3.
39. 39. Slide the tray onto the middle rack.
40. 40. Bake the meatballs for 12 to 15 minutes in the oven.
41. 41. Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente.
42. 42. Follow the package instructions for the cooking time of the pasta.
43. 43. Add the cooked meatballs to the tomato sauce.
44. 44. Drain the pasta.
45. 45. Let the pasta drain.
46. 46. Serve the meatballs in tomato sauce together with the pasta.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 569
• Protein: 36 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 53 g