It tastes great, it’s one of my best meals I can hardly dispense with
Ingredients
3-pound ground beef
2 tablespoons minced green onion
2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano
1 tablespoon minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
salt and ground black pepper
3 ½ ounces fresh white bread
crumbs
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 ½ ounces pancetta, chopped
3 tablespoons minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons minced carrot
2 tablespoons minced celery
2 tablespoons minced red bell pepper
1 ½ teaspoon dried basil
1 ½ teaspoons dried oregano
¼ teaspoon ground coriander
2 grinds ground black pepper
2 tablespoons tomato puree
2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
Step 1
Mix ground beef, green onion, oregano, parsley, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Slowly add and mix breadcrumbs into meat mixture to desired consistency. Form mixture into balls, roll them in remaining bread crumbs to coat and arrange onto a shallow tray. Cover meatballs with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Step 2
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir pancetta in the hot oil until browned, about 4 minutes. Add onion and garlic to the pancetta; continue to cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir carrot, celery, and red bell pepper into the pancetta mixture; cook until the carrot softens slightly, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle basil, oregano, coriander, and black pepper over pancetta mixture; stir to season evenly.
Step 3
Quickly stir tomato puree into pancetta mixture; add chopped tomatoes. Cook and stir the mixture until the tomatoes begin to break down into a sauce, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer until the sauce thickens, 60 to 90 minutes.
Step 4
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over low heat. Cook and stir meatballs in batches in hot oil until evenly browned and cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes; drain on a plate lined with a paper towel.
Step 5
Gently drop meatballs into the simmering sauce; cook together until meatballs are heated through, about 10 minutes.
