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Balls with tomato sauce

3 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary" (1960).

Balls with tomato sauce
Energy value per serving
Calories
175kcal
Proteins
9.1grams
Fats
14.1grams
Carbohydrates
3.5grams
Ingredients
3servings
Beef
125 
g
Onion
25 
g
Salt
 
to taste
Parsley
 
to taste
Sugar
 
to taste
Cooking steps
  • 1

    Separate the beef from the bones. Boil the bones to make broth and strain it.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Beef: 125 g
  • 2

    Cut the meat into pieces and pass it through the meat grinder twice.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Beef: 125 g
  • 3

    Add salt, pepper, finely chopped onion, and egg to the minced meat, mix thoroughly and shape into small balls, coat in flour and fry in a pan with oil.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Salt:  to taste
    2. Ground black pepper:  to taste
    3. Onion: 25 g
    4. Chicken egg: 0.3 piece
    5. Wheat flour: 5 g
    6. Clarified butter (ghee): 25 g
  • 4

    Fry the flour until dark brown, dilute with a small amount of broth, mix well, add fried finely chopped onion and tomato puree, sugar, red pepper, wine vinegar and bring to a boil twice.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Wheat flour: 5 g
    2. Onion: 25 g
    3. Tomato puree: 15 ml
    4. Sugar:  to taste
    5. Ground red pepper:  to taste
    6. Wine vinegar: 25 ml
  • 5

    Pour the fried balls with the prepared tomato sauce and simmer on low heat for 3-5 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Tomato puree: 15 ml
  • 6

    Serve the balls sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Parsley:  to taste