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🍽️ Juicy Mediterranean Meatballs

652 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 600 g minced meat
• 1 bread roll (from the previous day)
• 1 egg
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 bunch basil
• 200 g mozzarella
• 250 g tomatoes
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)

Instructions

1. 1. Soak the breadcrumbs (dried bread) in lukewarm water.
2. 2. Squeeze the soaked breadcrumbs well with your hands so that only little moisture remains.
3. 3. Add the squeezed breadcrumbs to a bowl with the minced meat.
4. 4. Add an egg, salt, and pepper.
5. 5. Peel the onion and the garlic.
6. 6. Chop the onion and garlic very finely.
7. 7. Rinse the fresh basil leaves under running water.
8. 8. Pluck the leaves off the stems.
9. 9. Save a few nice basil leaves for decoration at the end.
10. 10. Finely chop the rest of the basil.
11. 11. Let the mozzarella drain in a sieve.
12. 12. Cut the mozzarella into very small cubes.
13. 13. Blanch the tomatoes by pouring boiling water over them.
14. 14. Shock the tomatoes immediately with cold water to stop the process.
15. 15. Peel the skin off the tomatoes.
16. 16. Cut the peeled tomatoes into quarters.
17. 17. Remove the core (the hard seeds and white flesh) from the tomato quarters.
18. 18. Dice the remaining tomato flesh into small cubes.
19. 19. Add the tomato cubes, chopped onion, garlic, chopped basil, and mozzarella to the meat mixture.
20. 20. Mix all ingredients well with your hands until a homogeneous mass is formed.
21. 21. Shape the mixture into small, round meatballs.
22. 22. Heat olive oil in a pan.
23. 23. Fry the meatballs in the hot oil on all sides until golden brown.
24. 24. Cook the meatballs for a total of about 10 minutes.
25. 25. Garnish the finished meatballs with the saved basil leaves.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 652
• Protein: 42 g · Fett/Fat: 49 g · Carbs: 11 g