Spanish meatballs

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28 January, 2008 at 4:09 pm #14297

PipasMumSpain
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For aprox. 3 servings…

I’m giving this recipe by memory so abide with me, my grandmother tought it to my mother who passed it on to me… and I will do the same for my TDK sisters…

meat balls:

250g of minced meat

1 tablespoon of breadcrumbs

pinch of salt

pinch of pepper

2 teaspoons of chopped parsley

1 egg

flour

-mix well all the ingedients in a bowl (except the flour)

-make meatballs and cover in flour

-in sauce pan with (of course) olive oil fry the meatballs until golden

-place the fried meatballs losely in a pot and make the sauce…

sauce:

2 ripe tomatoes

1 green pepper

1 large onion

white wine

salt

-chop onion and pepper in small pieces and fry till tender

-add the tomatoes chopped up and without skin and keep frying for 8 minutes

-add wine and give it a couple minutes more

-add salt to taste

-pass the sauce through a strainer and add to pot with meatballs

-mix the sauce and the meatballs and put in heat anothe 10 mins…

If someone does do this recipe please… pretty please tell me!

28 January, 2008 at 4:10 pm #153179

PipasMumSpain
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Rice is a wonderful side dish for this because the sauce is heavenly!

28 January, 2008 at 4:13 pm #153180

2bpurring
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Yummmmmmy…Thanks PM, I’ll go by the store today or tomorrow and make these this week…..my tummy is now grumbling for some…one question though..250g of minced meat..is that chopped meat? ground beef?

28 January, 2008 at 4:13 pm #153181

PipasMumSpain
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Oh sorry! I thought that meant ground beef! *blush*

What is minced meat then?

28 January, 2008 at 5:08 pm #153182

bellantara
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Mincemeat is some kind of fruit mix my British stepmother used to make pies at Christmas! 🙂

28 January, 2008 at 5:32 pm #153183

FondaHonda
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Yum!!!!! I now know what I’m having for dinner! 🙂

28 January, 2008 at 5:36 pm #153184

HuddysMama
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Mincemeat is raisins. This recipe sounds delicious. But then, it’s meat so of course it sounds good to me.

28 January, 2008 at 6:27 pm #153185

KYKAT 12 23
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PM thanks, this sounds delicious.

28 January, 2008 at 7:55 pm #153186

2bpurring
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One more silly question PM.. do you mean a green bell pepper or more of a green hot pepper?

29 January, 2008 at 2:43 pm #153187

2bpurring
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Bump…PM?

29 January, 2008 at 2:46 pm #153188

HuddysMama
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I think she means a bell pepper, 2b.

29 January, 2008 at 2:51 pm #153189

PipasMumSpain
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Ehmm I really don’t know what a bell pepper is… *blush*

But I meant any non spicy green pepper, not the small pepper used in traditional Mexican cooking.

29 January, 2008 at 2:59 pm #153190

2bpurring
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Thank you PM..here is a link that shows what we call bell peppers i see they are also called sweet peppers.

http://www.recipezaar.com/library/getentry.zsp?id=150

29 January, 2008 at 3:04 pm #153191

PipasMumSpain
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Yes that is it! Thank you!

If you do the recipe 2bpurring please tell me!

29 January, 2008 at 3:06 pm #153192

paulajeanne
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PM, I’m going to try it too. Never have been that fond of Italian style meatballs and sauce. Think I’ll like this one a lot better.

29 January, 2008 at 9:20 pm #153193

Moonshadow_NZ
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PM, we speak the same language, In NZ we call it mince or minced meat and in the US it’s ground meat. We also say peppers or capsicum here. I was wondering where you got my recipe for the meatballs, slight difference though, I use dried mixed herbs instead of parsley,add a splurge of favourite sauce, and 2TBsp of sesame seeds for texture and the finely chopped onion goes on the meatballs. It’s a family favourite and when the girls left home they went with this recipe.

29 January, 2008 at 9:23 pm #153194

KapitiKats in NZ
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MS – maybe you’d better confess that I gave you that recipe! OK the sesame seeds bit is yours. And our meatballs are oven baked instead of fried but the recipe is VERY similar.

29 January, 2008 at 9:33 pm #153195

Moonshadow_NZ
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Um,KK sorry to say the recipe I use was Mum’s with adaptations by Me,it’s my Rissole recipe. I still have your oven baked meatball recipe though and use it.

29 January, 2008 at 9:37 pm #153196

KapitiKats in NZ
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OK MS – the pending Meatball War has been called off.

29 January, 2008 at 9:40 pm #153197

Karenopa
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PM…Mmmm..the recipe sounds so delicious…My grandmother was from Spain and came to america with my grandfather(German) but alas I never knew her as she passed when my mum was only 10. I’d love to try this recipe out but you didn’t mention how much white wine to add to the sauce. Could you give me a guesstimation..
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