Greek-Style Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
These make a great game-day snack, or perfect for a pasta dinner!
Servings: 10
Calories: 204kcal
Equipment
- 1 Sun Oven
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground lamb
- ½ cup Water
- ½ cup Bulgur See note for alternatives
- ½ cup Flat-leaf parsley
- 1 Large yellow onion finely chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves minced
- 1 Egg
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 14 oz Italian plum tomatoes Coarsely chopped
- 8 oz Tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Combine the lamb, bulgur, and parsley, half of the onion, one-third of the garlic, the egg, cumin, ½ teaspoon of the salt, and ⅛ teaspoon of the pepper in a bowl. Knead the mixture well, then cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Shape the meat mixture into 20 meatballs. Set aside.
- In a large pot or roasting pan, combine the oil, remaining onion and garlic, tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, cinnamon stick, the remaining ½ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon pepper.
- Add the meatballs, cover and cook in the Sun Oven until the sauce thickens and the meatballs are cooked, 1 ½ to 2 hours.
- Remove cinnamon stick. Serve over pasta or with crusty bread.Makes 8 main course or 10 appetizer servings
Nutrition
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 438mg | Potassium: 338mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 710IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg
