Albóndigas en Salsa — Spanish meatballs in tomato sauce

Ingredients

• ·500 g mixed pork-beef mince
• ·60 g bread soaked in 80 ml milk
• ·1 egg, 2 garlic cloves, parsley, salt
• ·Flour for dusting, olive oil for frying
• ·400 g crushed tomato
• ·1 small onion, 100 ml white wine, 1 bay leaf

Method

1. 1

   Squeeze the soaked bread and mix with the mince, egg, garlic, parsley and salt. Rest 15 minutes.

2. 2

   Form walnut-size balls, dust lightly with flour, and brown in olive oil in batches. Set aside.

3. 3

   In the same pan, soften the onion, add the wine and reduce by half, then tomato and bay. Simmer 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Nestle the meatballs in the sauce and simmer gently 15 minutes. Rest 5; serve in the pan with bread.