Meatballs

Very Healthy
Health score
69%
Meatballs
185 min.
7
710kcal

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Ingredients

  • servings pepper black freshly ground
  • cup bread crumbs dried fine
  • 112 ounce tomatoes chopped canned
  •  carrots chopped
  • stalk celery chopped
  • 1.5 glasses chianti 
  • large eggs 
  • tablespoon basil leaves fresh finely chopped
  • tablespoons flat-leaf parsley fresh finely chopped
  • tablespoon rosemary leaves fresh minced
  • clove garlic minced
  • cloves garlic minced
  • pound ground sirloin 
  • 0.5 cup olive oil 
  •  onion chopped
  • cup onion finely chopped
  • teaspoons oregano dried
  • tablespoons parmesan freshly grated
  •  boston butt pork shoulder 
  • servings grey salt 
  • small can tomato paste 
  • cups water 

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • pot
  • wooden spoon
  • stove

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the meat, egg, cheese, parsley, oregano, basil, onion, bread crumbs, and garlic, and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Add 1 cup of the water. Knead the water into the meat mixture with your hands. Knead and roll meatballs into about 1 1/2-inch balls.
  3. Place them in shallow saucepan on stove, add another 1/2 cup of water over them, and cover. Turn heat to medium, and steam for 35 minutes.
  4. Drain the juice out of the bottom of the pan. Cover with Red Sauce sauce, and toss with a pasta of your choice before serving, or serve as is.
  5. Slice the pork into roughly 1-inch cubes, season with salt and pepper.
  6. Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat.
  7. Add the olive oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the pork and saute. When slightly brown, turn over and stir with a wooden spoon. Allow to cook for another 2 minutes, until evenly browned on all sides.
  8. Remove the pork and allow to cool in bowl, set aside.
  9. In same soup pot that pork was cooked in, add minced carrot, celery, onion, and garlic.
  10. Add a pinch of salt and saute vegetables to a light brown.
  11. Add rosemary and stir.
  12. Add the caramelized pork back to the vegetables in the pot and stir.
  13. Add chianti to pot, stir and bring to boil.
  14. Add the tomato paste and the chopped tomatoes. Stir and simmer for 2 hours, skimming the top occasionally of scum that forms.

Nutrition Facts

Calories710kcal
Protein32.13%
Fat35.76%
Carbs32.11%

Properties

Glycemic Index
62.12
Glycemic Load
11.83
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
54.9908702529%

Flavonoids

Naringenin
0.07mg
Apigenin
2.64mg
Luteolin
0.11mg
Isorhamnetin
1.93mg
Kaempferol
0.31mg
Myricetin
0.22mg
Quercetin
7.91mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:709.59kcal
35.48%
Fat:27.52g
42.33%
Saturated Fat:9.02g
56.37%
Carbohydrates:55.59g
18.53%
Net Carbohydrates:43.9g
15.96%
Sugar:25.71g
28.56%
Cholesterol:177.52mg
59.17%
Sodium:1195.66mg
51.99%
Alcohol:5.51g
100%
Alcohol %:0.74%
100%
Protein:55.63g
111.25%
Vitamin B1:1.99mg
132.82%
Selenium:66.9µg
95.57%
Vitamin B6:1.78mg
88.78%
Vitamin B3:17.26mg
86.31%
Potassium:2394.4mg
68.41%
Phosphorus:664.05mg
66.41%
Vitamin C:54.25mg
65.76%
Zinc:9.76mg
65.05%
Manganese:1.25mg
62.32%
Iron:11.21mg
62.29%
Copper:1.22mg
61.22%
Vitamin B2:0.99mg
57.96%
Vitamin A:2768.21IU
55.36%
Vitamin K:55.8µg
53.14%
Vitamin E:7.32mg
48.83%
Vitamin B12:2.87µg
47.81%
Fiber:11.69g
46.77%
Magnesium:164.15mg
41.04%
Vitamin B5:3.39mg
33.9%
Calcium:283.27mg
28.33%
Folate:112.4µg
28.1%
Vitamin D:0.21µg
1.43%