Italian veal meat balls, candied cherry tomato sauce, basil, ricotta

Preparation time: 30.00 min

Preheat your Oven at 400.00 °F

• Prep

  Peel and finely cisel the shallots.

  Peel and chop the garlic

  Peel and mince the onion.

  Dice the bread crumb, mix with a bit of milk.

  Cisel the basil.

• Meat balls

  In a bowl, mix all the ingredients with salt and pepper. Make 12 meat balls rolling the meat into your hands.

  In a hot skillet with a dash of olive oil, brown the meat balls.

  Put on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes in the oven.

• Tomato sauce

  In a pot with oil, swaet the red onions. Add the cherry tomatoes, lower the heat and let simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.

  Pour in a blender, add 3 basil leaves, mix and keep aside warm.

  Keep few basil leaves aside for garnish.

• Plating

  In your plate, pour some tomato sauce, add a meat ball and garnish with basil on top.