Meatball and mozzarella and tomato sauce gratin recipe
This meatball and mozzarella bake will have you yearning for an imaginary Italian Nonna: Homemade beef meatballs with garlic, parsley and parmesan are browned then simmered in a tomato sauce until ready. Serve four per person with plenty of crusty bread.
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- 25 mins to prepare and 1 hour to cook
- 795 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 500g minced beef
- 40g fresh breadcrumbs
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 1tbsp parsley, finely chopped
- 1 egg
- 15ml olive oil
- 25g (1oz) freshly grated Parmesan
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 onion, chopped
- 5 basil leaves, shredded
- 20ml olive oil
- 600g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 200g half fat mozzarella cheese
- 75g parmesan, grated
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- Energy
- 3300kJ 795.0kcal
- Fat
- 60g
- Saturates
- 21g
- Salt
- 1.3g
- Sugars
- 7g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 12.7gProtein 47.6gFibre 2.3g
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- Preheat the oven to 200°C. In a bowl mix together the minced beef, garlic, parsley, parmesan, salt & pepper, egg and breadcrumbs and mix and shape into sixteen balls.
- In a frying pan and over a moderate heat add the olive oil and sauté the meatballs until brown, set aside to drain on kitchen towel. Add a little oil and over a moderate heat saute theonionsuntil soft. Add the tomatoes and simmer for twenty minutes. Add the basil, season and turn into a gratin dish. Add the meatballs, buffalo mozzarella and top with the parmesan cheese.
- Place in the oven and bake for twenty minutes until brown and crisp. Serve garnished with a few basil leaves.
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