mediterranean meatballs with red gravy
Ingredients
- 1 lb. organic grass fed ground beef
- 1 lb. ground Italian sausage
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 egg, beaten
- ¾ cup Italian bread crumbs
- 2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. white pepper
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 3 tsp. Italian seasoning or Carni e Pesie
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 3 Tbl. dried minced onions
- 2 tsp. garlic granules
- ¼ cup oil
- 4 Tbl. concentrated tomato paste
- 1 (24 oz.) jar marinara sauce, the very best you can afford
- 1 ½ cups water
- ½ cup fresh basil, sliced
- ½ cup freshly shaved (or grated) Parmesan
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the beef, sausage, Worcestershire sauce and egg. Blend together well with your hands.
- In a medium mixing bowl, blend together the bread crumbs, salt, pepper, cumin, Italian seasoning, paprika, minced onions and garlic granules well. Then sprinkle into the meat mixture and blend well with your hands.
- Form into 10-12 meatballs. Put the oil in a large (10-12 inches) heavy cast iron skillet on medium high. Let it get hot. Reduce heat to medium. Put the meatballs in and brown on all sides. Add the tomato paste, marinara sauce and water. Gently blend with a wooden spoon.
- Cover with a lid and let the meatballs cook for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and cook another 20-30 minutes.
- When ready to serve, add the fresh basil and Parmesan.
Notes
There are sooooooooo many things you can do with these meatballs.It's totally up to you.
I served over grilled slices of eggplant.
You can serve in so many ways! Pasta. Sandwiches. Rice. Potatoes. Grilled Veggies.
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