betty's spanish meatballs with spicy sausage

Name: Betty's Spanish Meatballs with Spicy Sausage
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: - 1 onion, finely chopped; - 3 teaspoons minced garlic; - 1 egg; - 1 1/2 pounds/700g minced (ground) pork or beef (or a mix of both); - 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; - 1 teaspoon ground roasted fennel seeds; - 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; ## TOMATO SAUCE; - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; - 3 chorizo sausages, casings removed and chopped into "coins"; - 1 onion, finely chopped; - 2 teaspoons minced garlic; - 1 large carrot, diced as fine as you can; - 2 x tins tomatoes plus a little water to get every thing out of the can; - 1 1/3 cup red wine; - 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; - 3 bay leaves; - 1 bottle passata (tomato sauce); - 1 tin chickpeas/garbanzo beans - rinsed

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Betty Bramanis

Sydney

Updated on Sep 24, 2017

Meatballs in a thick Spanish style tomato sauce, spicy chorizo sausages and chickpeas (garbanzo beans). A rich, fragrant meal perfect for chilly nights if served with mashed potatoes OR perfect on warm nights with a large green salad. Best made ahead of time by a day or two.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

method Stove Top

yield 6-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 pounds/700g minced (ground) pork or beef (or a mix of both)
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground roasted fennel seeds
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
TOMATO SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 chorizo sausages, casings removed and chopped into "coins"
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 large carrot, diced as fine as you can
- 2 x tins tomatoes plus a little water to get every thing out of the can
- 1 1/3 cup red wine
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 bottle passata (tomato sauce)
- 1 tin chickpeas/garbanzo beans - rinsed

How To Make betty's spanish meatballs with spicy sausage

Step 1

Make the meatballs first - combine everything in a large bowl and mix well. Form into meatballs about the size of a walnut.

Step 2

Heat the oil in a large sauce pan. Fry the sausages and remove when golden brown and fragrant. Remove from the pan, leave all the fat and oil.
Step 3

Fry the onion and carrot over a medium heat in the same pan. Add the garlic. Add in all the other sauce ingredients EXCEPT the beans.
Step 4

Carefully add in the meatballs and simmer over a low heat for an hour. Stir carefully now and then.
Step 5

Add the rinsed beans and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Serve.
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