Meat balls in vegetable sauce with mashed potatoes - a simple main dish, prepared based on Italian cuisine. A more common name for this dish is meatballs or meatballs. However, the Italians (and not only them) call such small round cakes meat balls. Cutlets are first fried until golden brown, and then stewed in a thick vegetable sauce - it turns out very tasty, just delicious!
For a side dish of meatballs, we will prepare tender mashed potatoes, for what could be more delicious than a burgers with potatoes and thick vegetable gravy!
Stuffing for this recipe is suitable for any - chicken, beef, pork. Cook from what you like or what is in stock.
- Cooking time: 45 minutes
- Servings: 6
Ingredients for Italian style meatballs with mashed potatoes
For meat balls:
- 600 g minced meat;
- 1 onion;
- 1 egg;
- 1.5 tablespoons of cornstarch;
- spices for cutlets, salt, oil for frying.
For vegetable sauce:
- 2 onions;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 red bell peppers;
- 100 g of tomato puree or tomato paste;
- salt, sugar, olive oil.
For the garnish:
- 800 g of potatoes;
- 50 g cream 10%;
- 35 g butter.
Method of cooking Italian meatballs in vegetable sauce
We start with the sauce for the meatballs, he needs time to get to the desired condition. So, finely chop the onions.
Pour into a deep broiler or a wide stew-dish 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil, put onions.
Wash carrots, scrape, rub on a large vegetable grater. Add the grated carrot in the roaster.
Red bell pepper cleaned of seeds, cut into rings. Add chopped peppers to onions and carrots.
Put the tomato puree, salt, pour some sugar to balance the flavors and close the roaster tightly. Cook on low heat for 35 minutes.
Tomato paste or tomato puree will replace canned tomatoes in their own juice.
In the meantime, prepare meat balls for the meatballs. In the cooled stuffing break fresh chicken egg.
Add the onion, grated or ground in the shredder.
Pour salt and seasoning for meatballs.
Then pour corn starch (you can replace the potato).
Knead the minced meatballs well for 5-6 minutes. The stuffing should be thoroughly mixed, like dough.
With wet hands we make small balls the size of a ping-pong ball.
Heat oil for frying in a skillet. Fry the meatballs on both sides until golden brown.
In the meantime, the vegetable sauce is ready — the vegetables have become soft and have greatly decreased in volume.
Putting meatballs in Italian style in a roasting pan with sauce. Close the lid, put the brazier on a low fire, simmer for 20 minutes.
Washing potatoes, peel away, cut into round slices about a centimeter thick. Fill the potatoes with boiling water, cook 15 minutes after boiling, add salt at the end of cooking. Drain the water from the finished potatoes.
Add the butter, knead the potatoes, then pour in the heated cream, stir.
Italian meat balls in sauce, or meatballs are ready. Put a portion of mashed potatoes on the plate, on top a few meat meatballs, pour the vegetable sauce together and decorate with dill.
Bon appetit! Cook with pleasure.
