Herbal meatballs

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Bread roll (from the previous day)
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 3 Stem(s) Basil
  • 500 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 Egg
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 l Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 100 g green olives without stone
  • 2 Shallots
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter or margarine
  • 1 TABLESPOON Flour
  • 100 ml dry white wine
  • 250 g Whipped cream
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • 100 g Double cream cream cheese
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel of 1/2 untreated orange
  • 7-10 Tbsp Orange slices and basil

Directions

  1. 1

    Soak the buns. Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Wash and chop the basil. Squeeze the buns. Knead with minced meat, egg, garlic and basil. Season with salt and pepper and form into balls.

  2. 2

    Bring the stock to the boil, add the balls. Let it simmer at low heat for about 10 minutes. For the sauce, cut olives into rings. Peel and finely dice the shallots. Fry them briefly in hot fat. Dust with flour. Deglaze with white wine, 250 ml of stock and cream, simmer for 3 minutes. Clean, wash, quarter and seed the tomatoes. Cut the flesh into small cubes. Stir cream cheese, tomato cubes and orange peel into the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Dust with flour. Deglaze with white wine, 250 ml of stock and cream, simmer for 3 minutes. Clean, wash, quarter and seed the tomatoes. Cut the flesh into small cubes. Stir cream cheese, tomato cubes and orange peel into the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Arrange dumplings and sauce garnished with orange slice and basil. Serve with deep-fried potato slices, sprinkled with coarse salt

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
750 kcal
CARBS
15 g
FATS
59 g
PROTEINS
32 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeat