Keftaides Me Saltsa (Meatballs in Sauce)
Created by Engrossed on January 17, 2012
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #4145
Ingredients
- Meatballs:
- 1 loaf white bread, trimmed of crusts and crumbled
- 2 pounds lean ground beef (can mix) or 2 lbs lean ground lamb (can mix)
- 3 tablespoons onions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Flour, to coat
- Oil, for frying
- Sauce:
- 1 1/2 pounds tomatoes, peeled and strained
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup white wine
How to Make
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Step 1: Wet the bread with cold water and squeeze out the excess; mix well with ground meat. Add the onion, parsley, mint, eggs, salt and pepper.
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Step 2: Shape into small 1-inch meatballs and flour lightly.
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Step 3: In a pan fry meatballs in oil until browned. Remove from pan with slotted spoon and keep warm.
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Step 4: Drain most of the excess oil and fat, reserving about 2 tablespoons (recipe says to use all of the oil but I think that would be too much). Add tomatoes, cinnamon, sugar, salt, pepper and wine and cook for 10 minutes.
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Step 5: Return meatballs to the pan and cook 3-5 minutes longer.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (339.2 g)
- Calories 741.7
- Total Fat - 30.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 10 g
- Cholesterol - 197 mg
- Sodium - 311.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 67.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 2.3 g
- Protein - 45.4 g
- Calcium - 52 mg
- Iron - 6.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 46.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg