There are dozens of recipes for meatballs from dozens of countries, and they all have one thing in common: they are super tasty! This is just one of them. They go well with pasta, rice, potatoes – or really with just about anything!

Ingredients:

• 5 tablespoons of dry white wine

• 1 shallot

• 2 cloves of garlic

• 250g minced meat

• 1 egg

• 1 pinch of nutmeg

• 2 tablespoons of parsley

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

• 250g tomato sauce

Preparation:

• Cut the red pepper into strips.

• Sprinkle the bread (without crusts) with the wine.

• Finely chop the shallot and garlic.

• Mix the bread with the minced meat, egg, pepper, shallot, garlic, nutmeg and chopped parsley.

• Season with salt and pepper.

• Make small balls of the minced meat with dampened hands.

• Heat the oil and fry the meatballs for 5 minutes till brown

• Add the sieved tomatoes

• Heat, covered, over low heat for 15 minutes.

• Serve with the rest of the chopped parsley.

Serving suggestion:

• Delicious with spaghetti, grated parmesan cheese and fresh basil.