Spicy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

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Ingredients

For tomato paste:

• a few tablespoons of olive oil;
• ½ onion;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt - to taste;
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano;
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste;
• 300 g grated tomatoes.
  
  

For meatballs:

• 900 g ground meat;
• 2 teaspoons of salt;
• ¼ teaspoon ground chili;
• 50 g breadcrumbs;
• ½ bunch of parsley;
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano;
• 240 grams of ricotta;
• 2 eggs;
• some vegetable oil.
  
  

Cooking

Crush onions and garlic and fry in olive oil, seasoned with salt and oregano. Add tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes. Then put the grated tomatoes and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat and cook the sauce for an hour, stirring every 5 minutes so that it does not burn.

In the meantime, mix all the ingredients for the meatballs , except the butter. Form small balls from the resulting mixture and place them on a greased baking dish. Place in preheated oven at 230 ° C for 20 minutes. Pour tomato sauce over meatballs and bake for another 15 minutes.

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