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Meatballs in tomato sauce

Beef meatballs with bread, Parmesan and parsley, slowly cooked in tomato sauce: the mix and the sauce are made in the Thermomix.

Omnivore Mediterranean Easy Total time: 65 min Servings: 4

Published on November 12, 2026

Ingredients

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  • Ground beef, 80% lean 500 g
  • White bread 80 g stale bread crumb
  • Whole egg, fresh 50 g 1 egg
  • Parmesan, hard 40 g grated
  • Parsley, fresh 10 g
  • Fresh garlic 5 g
  • Fine salt 6 g
  • Black pepper, ground 1 g
  • Tomato passata 700 g
  • Fresh onion 80 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil 30 g
  • Water 300 g to soak the bread and thin the sauce
  • Fresh basil 5 g

Steps

  1. 1 Chop the bread, parsley, garlic and Parmesan.

    15 sec · speed 7

  2. 2 Add the meat, egg, salt and pepper and mix.

    30 sec · speed 4 · reverse

  3. 3 Remove the mix and shape the meatballs with damp hands.

  4. 4 Chop the onion in the bowl.

    5 sec · speed 5

  5. 5 Add the oil and saute the onion.

    3 min · 100 °C · speed 1 · reverse

  6. 6 Add the tomato passata, water and basil and bring to the boil.

    10 min · 100 °C · speed 1 · reverse

  7. 7 Add the meatballs and cook them in the sauce at speed 1, reverse.

    20 min · 100 °C · speed 1 · reverse

  8. 8 Serve with the sauce and a few basil leaves.

Nutrition

Per serving Per 100 g
Energy 561 kcal 173 kcal
Protein 31.6 g 9.7 g
Carbohydrate 22.1 g 6.8 g
Sugars 8.1 g 2.5 g
Fat 37.4 g 11.5 g
of which saturates 12.5 g 3.9 g
Fibre 3.5 g 1.1 g
Salt 2.82 g 0.87 g
Allergens Gluten, Eggs, Milk

Values calculated from the ingredients using food composition tables. They do not replace professional advice. Always check labels for allergens.

Recipe data: APIpoi.

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