La polpetta perfetta (Italian meatballs)

The first taste of this delightful italian polpette from the italian cuisine is enough to addict you to it for life! The most important ingredient in italian polpette is beef. Italian polpette makes a yummy main dish. You will fall head over heels in love with this easy and delectable italian polpette recipe as soon as you try it!

 THAT IS ALL WHAT YOU WILL NEED EXCEPT FOR THE GRAPES!!!!!

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Ingredients:

• 1 pound minced beef.
• 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon fresh garlic, grated on a micro plane
• 1/2 onion, grated on a micro plane
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, minced
• 1 egg
• kosher salt and black pepper
• extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 ts zaátar (thyme)
• pinch of nutmeg

What To do:

Mix all the ingredients  and form it into balls the size of large walnut.
refrigerate for 1 hour before cooking.
Brown the polpetta in a pan with 3 TS olive oil..and after it is nice and golden put it into the preheated oven for about 10 minutes.

Use the same pan where you cooked the polpetta for cooking some grapes , yes grapes :))) for about 2 minutes.

WELL IT IS TIME TO SERVE...BUT HOW??

 DIPS:

*as long as we are in August...and it is really hot in Italy...I used yogurt and mint dip
1½ cups plain yogurt (you can use low-fat)
1 cup  fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
3 to 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely minced
½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

* Tomato and Basil dip:
Ingredients:  
400g freash peeled chopped tomatoes
3 tbsp sun dried tomato paste (45g)
1/2 cup basil,chopped
Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and 150ml water and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the basil.salt and pepper...and serve.

 

                                                                                  

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