Ingredients
- 1 cup stale bread, broken up
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp sweet cumin
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Sauce:
- 15 ounces can tomato sauce, pumaro if possible
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp sugar
Method
- In a small bowl soak the bread in the red wine.
- In a mixing bowl add the ground beef, onion, garlic, cumin, bread, oil, salt, pepper, and combine well. Let this mixture sit 1 hour in the fridge.
- Form the meatballs and fry them in a little olive oil, then put them in a pyrex baking dish one next to the other.
- Bring the tomato sauce to a boil and add to the meatballs, along with the oil you fried the meatballs in.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes.