Meatballs in the oven with gravy

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake meatballs in the oven with gravy? First of all, prepare the minced meat. I make minced meat from 70% lean beef and 30% pork. So the meatballs are not dry, but not too greasy. In general, minced meat from any meat will do, whether it's chicken, turkey, pork, lamb.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut off the crusts from the bread, fill the crumb with milk and leave to swell. Take white bread, wheat bread or a loaf. It is better if it is already a little stale bread — it will better absorb the juices from the meat, due to which the meatballs will be juicier.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the parsley, dry it and chop it finely. Instead of parsley, you can add dill and any other herbs to taste to the minced meat.

4. Step 4:

   

   Combine minced meat, bread, parsley, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. If the bread is very moist, squeeze out the excess liquid from it.

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix the minced meat until smooth.

6. Step 6:

   

   With wet hands, form small meatballs from minced meat.

7. Step 7:

   

   Fry the meatballs in a frying pan with vegetable oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes until golden brown. I fried in a dry frying pan, as the minced meat was quite greasy.

9. Step 8:

   

   Transfer the meatballs to a baking dish.

10. Step 9:

    

    Prepare the gravy. Tomato paste in this recipe can be replaced with tomatoes in their own juice, fresh tomatoes or ketchup.

11. Step 10:

    

    Peel the onion, chop it coarsely and fry it until golden brown in the pan where the meatballs were fried. If necessary, pour in a little olive oil.

12. Step 11:

    

    Dilute the tomato paste in water.

13. Step 12:

    

    Pour the tomato paste into the pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.

14. Step 13:

    

    Pour the sauce over the meatballs.

15. Step 14:

    

    Put the mold in preheated to 200°From the oven for 35-40 minutes. The meatballs should be browned on top. Serve them hot, with any side dish, pouring gravy. Enjoy your meal!