Keftaides Me Saltsa (meatballs In Sauce)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 loaf bread, trimmed of crusts and crumbled
• 2 lbs lean ground beef (can mix) or 2 lbs lean ground lamb (can mix)
• 3 tablespoons onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• salt and pepper, to taste
• flour, to coat
• oil, for frying
• 1 1/2 lbs tomatoes, peeled and strained
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup wine

Recipe

• 1 wet the bread with cold water and squeeze out the excess; mix well with ground meat. add the onion, parsley, mint, eggs, salt and pepper.
• 2 shape into small 1-inch meatballs and flour lightly.
• 3 in a pan fry meatballs in oil until browned. remove from pan with slotted spoon and keep warm.
• 4 drain most of the excess oil and fat, reserving about 2 tablespoons (recipe says to use all of the oil but i think that would be too much). add tomatoes, cinnamon, sugar, salt, pepper and wine and cook for 10 minutes.
• 5 return meatballs to the pan and cook 3-5 minutes longer.