Italian Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes
A recipe for delicious baked beef mince meatballs with a tomato and chili sauce served on mashed potatoes.
Italian Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes A recipe for delicious baked beef mince meatballs with a tomato and chili sauce served on mashed potatoes. |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4people | 15min |
| Cook Time |
| 60min |
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Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1kg grass fed beef mince
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1tablespoon flour
- 1large egg
- 1/2 brown onionfinely grated
- handful mint, parsley, thymechopped
- salt and black pepperto season
Tomato and Chili Sauce
- 15ml olive oil
- 1 brown onionpeeled and chopped
- 2cloves garlicchopped fine
- 3 birds eye chilichopped fine
- 1cup italian passata sauce
- 1cup beef stock
- 2teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- handful fresh thyme
- salt and pepperto taste
Mashed Potatoes
- 4large potatoespeeled and roughly chopped
- water for boiling
- pinch saltin water
- 2tablespoons butter
- 4tablespoons grated pecorino or parmesan cheese
- 1/2cup milk
- seasoning
Instructions
- Place the mince in a mixing bowl and add the all the ingredients needed. Mix through well with your hands.
- Use a little oil to rub on your hands, and roll your meatball in a ball, to fit in your palm.
- In an oven-safe saucepan or casserole dish, heat the olive oil and brown the meatballs for a few minutes on each side. Remove the meatballs from the pan.
- Add the onion, garlic and chili and saute for a few minutes.
- Add the stock and tomato puree.
- Replace the meatballs in the pot and arrange it in the sauce. Add thyme and finish off in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
- For the mash, peel and chop the potatoes and boil in salted water until soft.
- Add the butter, parmesan and milk and mash until smooth. Season with salt and black pepper.