by Chef John Simmons
Summary: Meatballs with a tomato and pepper sauce garnished with fresh parsley and freshly grated cheese is an excellent appetizer or a side dish for cocktail party.
Prep time and Cooking time (duration): 20 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Ingredients
- 1lb of grounded beef
- 1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup cream
- 4 eggs
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon of red chili flakes
- ¾ Cup Real Italian Parmesan cheese
- 1 canned tomato
- 1/2 small bowl roasted red pepper
- Fresh parsley
- Roasted red tomato
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 medium onion
- Olive oil
Get Ready To Work in “Real Time” to Make Albondigas:
Get out these items and utensils: Knife for chopping, 1 bowl, 1 baking sheet, 1 frying pan, tooth picks
Get from your pantry: Salt, olive oil, Panko bread crumbs, red chili flakes, canned tomato, onion, garlic, roasted red tomato, sugar
Get from your refrigerator: Grounded beef, cream, parmesan cheese, fresh parsley, roasted pepper, eggs
Pre-prepare the following:
- Open the can of tomato.
- Peel and mince garlic
- Preheat the oven for 450 degrees
- Finely dice onion
- Break the eggs
Begin to cook with Chef Simmons
- Prepare Albondigas
- Take a bowl add grounded beef in it.
- Add panko bread crumbs in the bowl.
- Pour cream in the bowl.
- Add eggs.
- Put finely chopped parsley.
- Add 1 teaspoon minced garlic into the bowl.
- Sprinkle red chili flakes and salt.
- Add cheese and mix everything in the bowl thoroughly.
- Make 1 inch meat ball.
- Spray some oil on the baking sheet and lay meat ball in it.
- Put the baking sheet in the oven for 10 minutes.
Prepare sauce
- Heat the oil in the pan and add diced onion in it.
- Add 1 teaspoon minced garlic. Do not let the garlic turned brown. Cook for about 45 seconds or so.
- Sprinkle sugar and red chili fakes.
- Add roasted red pepper.
- Sprinkle salt.
- Add freshly chopped parsley cook for about 5 minutes.
- Take everything in the pan and put it in the blender and make puree out of it.
To serve:
- Take the meatball from the oven and put them on the plate.
- Pour sauce on it.
- Add chopped roasted red tomato.
- Sprinkle cheese on it.
- Take the plate and put it in the oven at broiling setting till cheese starts melting.
- Insert tooth pick on each of the meat ball.
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