Meatballs with sauce cooked in a pan
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Cooking meatballs with sauce in a skillet at home is very simple. Yet you can surprise your family by preparing ordinary meatballs using unusual ingredients. Cottage cheese will make them softer, while vegetables added to the sauce will give the dish a light summery flavor. Below I offer a detailed recipe for skillet meatballs with sauce, accompanied by photos. I hope you'll enjoy it :) Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
1) Finely chop the onion and garlic (you can grate them on a grater), soak the bread roll in water or milk. Add these ingredients to the minced meat, squeezing the bread roll first, and mix thoroughly. Into the resulting mixture, beat in an egg, add cottage cheese, mustard, previously chopped herbs, and pour in milk. Then mix again, season with salt and add spices to taste (I would recommend black pepper, cilantro, and rosemary), and mix one final time.
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Step 2
2) Shape the resulting mixture into small balls. Roll them in flour and fry in a pan on all sides until golden brown.
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Step 3
3) Now we move on to the sauce. Finely chop the vegetables and place them in a frying pan with heated oil. First sauté the onion and carrot, then add the pepper and tomatoes, and cook for a couple of minutes. Add sugar, salt, and tomato paste to the pan. Simmer for 3–5 minutes.
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Step 4
4) Dilute the starch in 50 ml of water and pour it into the pan with the vegetables together with the previously prepared broth. Add chopped herbs and garlic. Cover the sauce with a lid and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
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Step 5
5) And the final step: place our meatballs into the sauce and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
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Step 6
These summer meatballs will pair perfectly with any side dish, especially young potatoes. Give them a try, and your family will be pleasantly surprised!)