Perisoare cu sos/ Meatballs with marinara sauce
 
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I can say that I am very grateful for this recipe. The meatballs have a secret ingredient and the marinara sauce is super yummy bringing this dish to another level! Let's see what we need!
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Cuisine: Romanian
Serves: 45
Ingredients
  • 4 ponds ground meat (pork and beef mix)
  • 4 slices of bread (soaked in water or milk)
  • 1 big onion
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • salt and pepper for your taste
  • a bunch of fresh parsley
  • 1 egg (optional)
  • ½ tsp garlic paste (store bought)
  • sauce:
  • 2 bottles tomato crushed tomatoes ( or 2 cans)
  • salt and pepper for your taste
  • 1 tsp oregano (dry)
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 5 tsp sugar
Instructions
  1. First we prepare the meatballs.
  2. saute the onion in 3 tbsp of oil until becomes translucent.
  3. Soak bread in water (or milk) , squeeze it and add it into a bowl together with the onion, ground meat, salt and pepper, oregano, garlic and fresh chopped parsley. add egg (I noticed that the meatballs will bake and keep their shape without the egg anyways and they release less juice while baking)
  4. Line 2 trays with parchment paper ( I used 2 cookie trays), form the meatballs with your wet hands (so they don't stick too much from your skin) and bake them in the oven at 375 F.In one tray you will fit 20 meatballs. After 25-30 min. they will be ready. Remove them from the baking sheet and place them in a pot where you will poor the sauce.
  5. Marinara sauce:
  6. Heat the oil and saute half an onion. add chopped garlic and stir few times. don't allow garlic to burn!
  7. Bring the heat on low and add the tomato juice. Add ll other ingredients and boil for about 15 min. to reduce it.
  8. Poor the sauce over the meatballs and serve them over spaghetti , rice or mashed potatos! Don't forget to add fresh chopped parsley!
  9. Enjoy!
Recipe by gabriela cuisine at http://gabrielacuisine.ro/perisoare-cu-sos-meatballs-with-marinara-sauce/