Boulettes de viande hachée à la sauce tomate/ recette facile

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

canned tomatoes

🥗Healthier: fresh tomatoes

💰Cheaper: crushed tomatoes

Fresh tomatoes can be healthier, while crushed tomatoes are often cheaper.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated mozzarella

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor, while mozzarella is less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil offers health benefits, while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

In a bowl, mix the ground beef with a hollow in the middle.

Add chopped onions and garlic mixture into the hollow of the beef.

Add milk into the hollow and mix everything together to form a dough.

Shape the mixture into about thirty meatballs, ensuring they are not too tightly packed to avoid drying out.

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and brown the meatballs.

Remove the browned meatballs and set aside.

In the same skillet, sauté chopped onions, crushed garlic, and ginger in olive oil.

Add ground cumin and black pepper, mixing well.

Add 450 g of canned chopped tomatoes and 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, and let simmer.

Add 750 ml of water and adjust salt if needed, along with 1 tablespoon of sugar to reduce acidity.

Add herbes de Provence and dried basil, then return the meatballs to the sauce.

Cover and let cook for 15-20 minutes on low heat until the sauce thickens.

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