Home Style Meatballs (Albondigas Caseras) Recipe
Home style Albondigas caseras recipe: meatballs prepared with ground beef and pork are floured and fried, cooked in onion-pepper tomato sauce, white wine and chicken stock over low heat. In this recipe, the ingredients were kept clear and the how-to steps short and practical; Focus on thickening the sauce and leaving the meatballs soft.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Mix the meatball mixture
Combine the ground beef and pork in a large bowl. Add crushed garlic, eggs, nutmeg, some salt and black pepper and knead until homogeneous; Be careful not to knead too much.
Shape and dust with flour
Take walnut-sized pieces from the mixture and make meatballs. Lightly coat the meatballs in flour and shake off excess flour.
Fry the meatballs
Heat the olive oil in the pan. Briefly fry the meatballs in batches until the outside is colored; You don't need to cook it completely, it will be finished in the sauce.
Sauté the vegetables
In the same pot/pan, sauté the onion and green pepper until soft. Add the tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes until the water evaporates.
Prepare the sauce
Add white wine and boil for 1-2 minutes to remove its pungent smell. Then add the chicken broth and remaining salt/pepper; stir the sauce.
Over low heat. cook
Return the meatballs to the sauce. Cook on low heat for 20-25 minutes with the lid half closed; When the sauce thickens, remove it from the stove. Check the salt and pepper one last time before serving.