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Mozzarella meat balls in red sauce

Prep 10 min - Cook 50 min / Serves 4 – 24 meatballs / Photographer - Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Print /
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Adding mozzarella gives a slight variation on a simple meatball dish.  The sauce can be lavished up with some fresh bread or place the sauce and meatballs on a bed of rice.  We have heard stories of the smell of a good sauce wafting through the house being so tempting that the sauce can disappear before meal time!

Ingredients

  • 1 onion – peeled, rinsed, diced finely
  • 2 garlic cloves – peeled, rinsed, crushed
  • 1/2 cup parsley – washed, diced finely
  • 1 cup mozzarella – grated
  • 600g / 21oz veal mince
  • 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil – for frying
  • 2 – 400g / 14 oz tins tomato – blended

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Directions

  1. Prepare vegetables and cheese.
  2. In a large bowl add garlic, parsley, mozzarella, mince, breadcrumbs and egg mix well to combine with clean hands.
  3. With a tablespoon load a heap of meat mixture and with wet hands roll mixture into a ball and place on a plate. Repeat until mixture is finished.
  4. Heat oil in a large frying pan on low heat.
  5. Add meat balls and onion rotate to lightly brown meat balls all over.  Constantly stir to prevent meat from sticking and onions from browning for approximately 3 – 5 minutes.
  6. Add blended tomatoes to cover over meatballs, bring to boil and simmer on low heat covered for 30 minutes.
  7. Slightly remove lid of frying pan for a further 15 minutes to thicken sauce.
  8. Serve with favourite bread or on a bed of plain rice.

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