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title: "Cheesy Meatballs with Tomato Sauce"
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date: 2021-03-12
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tags: ['beef', 'cheese']
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author: yaroslav-smirnov
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---
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Nothing beats meat, cheese and tomato combined together to create the best
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combination of flavors that man has created.
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## Ingredients
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The quantities here are for about two adult portions. That is, if you are also
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making some side dish, like in the photo.
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For the meatballs:
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* 300-400g of ground beef meat
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* 1/4 of an onion
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* ~70g of cheese; I have made with different cheese types, but usually I use
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Gouda
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* Parsley
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* 1-2 garlic cloves
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* 1 egg
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* ~1/5 metric cups (~50ml) of bread crumbs
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For the sauce:
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* 250ml of water
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* 8 spoonfuls of tomato paste
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* Oregano
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* Basil
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* Black pepper
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## Directions
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1. Beat the egg(s) in a large bowl.
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2. Add in the ground beef, and the bread crumbs and mix.
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3. Chop the onion into small pieces and add it to the bowl.
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4. Mince the garlic cloves and add to the bowl.
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5. Dice the parsley leaves and add to the bowl.
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6. Salt the beef mix and mix it thoroughly.
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7. Cut the cheese into cubes. The amount of cubes you will need will depend on
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how many meatballs you make, which depends on how big you want to make the
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meatballs. You get the idea.
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8. Take a cheese cube and wrap with enough ground meat to completely cover it.
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Repeat this process until you've run out of the ground beef mix.
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9. Heat the frying pan, add some olive oil, and add the meatballs. Cook over
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medium heat rolling the meatballs from time to time until they are slightly
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brown from all sides (wait, spheres have no sides).
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10. When the meatballs look done, pour the water and tomato paste; add the dried
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oregano and basil, and ground black pepper; and salt to taste.
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11. Cook over medium-low heat for about ten minutes rolling the meatballs so
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that they get completely bathed in tomato sauce.
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12. Serve with some side dish and enjoy!
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Originally published at [https://www.yaroslavps.com/food/cheesy-meatballs/](https://www.yaroslavps.com/food/cheesy-meatballs/)
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