Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
Check ingredients as you prepare them. Changing portions resets the checks.
Method
- Soak the stale bread in milk, then squeeze it. Mix with ground beef, egg, parmesan, parsley, salt and black pepper.
- Shape into meatballs.
- Soften the onion in olive oil, add tomato passata and basil, and simmer 10 minutes.
- Brown the meatballs in a little olive oil, then nestle them in the tomato sauce.
- Cover and cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning once, until cooked through. Serve with bread or pasta.
Shopping tip
Stale bread soaked in milk is the binder, not pão ralado. A mix of beef and pork is welcome if you have both.
Where it fits in your week
Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
Based on the cook time and portions the recipe states.
Put this recipe into a whole week
PlanMyMeals builds the week around your household's portions and turns it into a shopping list.
No card needed to try it.
Similar recipes
About this page
The photograph is AI-generated and illustrates the dish. It is not a record of a cook we carried out.
Times, portions and protein per portion are the recipe author's estimates, not laboratory measurements.