Classic Meatballs
Classic Meatballs
Equipment
Ingrediënten
Prep Time: 10 minutes / Cooking Time: 20 minutes
- 2 slices white bread
- ⅛ cup milk
- 1 medium onion grated coarsely
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 medium carrot grated finely
- 1.5 pounds ground beef
- ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 1.5 cups tomato sauce
- 12.5 ounces pasta sauce of your choice
- Cooked lasagna noodles or spaghetti grated Parmesan, and basil leaves, to serve
Instructies
- Tear the bread into a large bowl and pour the milk over the bread.
- Add the grated onion, crushed garlic, grated carrot, ground beef, chopped parsley, egg, and tomato paste to the bowl.
- Season well.
- Let it stand for 10 minutes without stirring.
- Preheat your 5- or 6-quart air fryer to 400˚F for 5 minutes.
- Using your hands, combine the ingredients in the bowl well.
- With damp hands, shape 1.
- 5 tablespoons of the beef mixture into balls and place them on a parchment paper-lined tray.
- Spray the meatballs with cooking spray.
- Carefully pull out the air-fryer pan and basket, spray the basket with oil, and then place half of the meatballs in the basket in a single layer.
- Slide the pan and basket back into the appliance.
- Keep the temperature set at 400˚F and set the timer for 10 minutes.
- Cook, shaking the basket halfway through the cooking time, until the meatballs are browned and cooked through.
- Transfer the meatballs to a tray and cover them to keep warm.
- Repeat cooking with the remaining meatballs.
- Combine the tomato sauce and pasta sauce in a bowl.
- Roll the meatballs in the tomato sauce mixture.
- Place the coated meatballs in a 6-inch x 8¾-inch, 6-cup oval heatproof dish and pour the remaining tomato sauce mixture over the meatballs.
- Place the dish in the basket.
- Keep the temperature set at 400˚F and set the timer for 10 minutes.
- Cook until the meatballs are heated through.
- Serve the meatballs with cooked lasagna noodles or spaghetti, sauce, grated Parmesan, and basil.
