Braised Meatballs in Red-Wine Gravy

Name: Braised Meatballs in Red-Wine Gravy
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 servings All purpose flour; 170 grams day-old French bread (generous 1/3 of 16-ounce loaf), crust left on, bread cut into 8 pieces; 2 Tbsps (1/4 stick) butter; 710 milliliters canned beef broth; 473 milliliters dry red wine; 2 larges eggs; 794 grams ground beef (7% to 15% fat); 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 118 milliliters chopped fresh Italian parsley; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon dried summer savory; 59 milliliters tomato paste; 237 milliliters whole milk

Braised Meatballs in Red-Wine Gravy might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 624 calories, 32g of protein, and 35g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. If you have milk, tomato paste, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Combine bread pieces and whole milk in medium bowl, pressing on bread to submerge; let stand until milk is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Squeeze out most of milk from bread; discard milk.

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Milk

Bread

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Bowl

Place bread in large bowl.

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Bread

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Add ground beef, eggs, finely chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped Italian parsley, salt, pepper, and dried summer savory and mix well.

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Flat Leaf Parsley

Summer Savory

Ground Beef

Pepper

Onion

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Salt

Transfer meat mixture to processor. Process until well blended and mixture looks pasty. Form mixture into 1 3/4-inch-diameter meatballs (about 30). Divide meatballs between two 13x9x2-inch glass baking dishes.

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Meatballs

Meat

Bake meatballs 30 minutes. Set meatballs aside.

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Meatballs

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Dust meatballs with flour; shake off excess. Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add meatballs to skillet and sauté until brown on all sides, about 3 minutes. Return all meatballs to skillet.

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Meatballs

Butter

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Shake

Cooking Oil

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Whisk wine and tomato paste in small bowl to blend.

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Tomato Paste

Wine

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Whisk

Bowl

Add wine mixture to meatballs and bring to boil. Continue boiling until wine thickens slightly, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes.

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Meatballs

Wine

Add broth, reduce heat to medium and simmer until flavors blend and gravy thickens, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper