Beef meatballs

What could be easier than preparing meatballs for a meal? Small balls of meat, fried, or braised in sauce will suit absolutely any garnish. We will devote this article to how to prepare meatballs from beef.

Recipe for meatballs with rice

Add the balls of satiety and volume will help rice. The need for a side dish to such a dish immediately disappears, and the time that goes on preparing the dinner is reduced.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes in its own juice - 1 pot;
• ground beef - 500 g;
• rice - 1 item;
• egg - 1 piece;
• onions - 1 pc .;
• salt - 1 teaspoon;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• mustard - 1 teaspoon.

Preparation

A couple of canned tomatoes mash with a fork in mashed potatoes and mixed with ground beef, rice, beaten egg, sliced ​​onions and salt. From the whole stuffing we form 16 identical meatballs.

In a small bowl, mix the remaining tomatoes with half a glass of water and mustard. On vegetable oil fry meatballs with rice together with a clove of garlic to golden color. Pour the tomato sauce to the meatballs and simmer the dish for another 20 minutes.

Beef and pork meatballs in oven

Ingredients:

For meatballs:

• minced pork - 250 g;
• ground beef - 250 g;
• egg - 1 piece;
• onions - 1 pc .;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• grated "Parmesan" - 1 item;
• parsley - 1/3 of the beam;
• bread breading - 1 item;
• water - 1/2 st.

For sauce:

• olive oil - 1/4 of a century;
• pancetta - 100 g;
• onions - 1 pc .;
• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• salt.

Preparation

Onions are sliced ​​and fried in vegetable oil for about 5-7 minutes, then add the garlic and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes. Remove the passer from the fire and cool it.

In a deep bowl, mix both types of stuffing with eggs, grated "Parmesan" and breadcrumbs. Add the fried onion and garlic to the stuffing, pour a little water and carefully knead the mass, periodically letting it pass through your fingers. Season the stuffing to taste.

With wet hands, we form meatballs and fry them in vegetable oil until browning.

While the meatballs are frying, let's make sauce: fry the cut pancetta for about 4-5 minutes, add to it onions, keep on fire for 5-6 minutes, add the garlic. Tomatoes are blanched, purried with a blender and sent to fried onions and pancetta. We evaporate the sauce until thick and season to taste. We put the meatballs in hot sauce and stew for 7-10 minutes until completely ready. We serve a dish, decorated with chopped parsley.