Meatballs with Tomato Sauce and Artichokes

Name: Meatballs with Tomato Sauce and Artichokes
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 lbs artichokes, cleaned and chopped (about 800 grams); 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 14 oz ground meat (about 400 grams); 1 extra-large egg; 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (about 50 grams); 1 sprig fresh parsley; Salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil; Chopped garlic and onion; Sweet paprika (preferably from La Vera)

RSlowcooking @cook_113110394

Valencia

I was inspired by two cooks from this site—one made artichokes in a wok, and the other made meatballs with tomato sauce. So, I decided to combine both recipes just like that. You can see the result. It's fantastic.

RSlowcooking @cook_113110394

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Ingredients

1 hour

Serves 2 servings

1 3/4 lbsartichokes, cleaned and chopped (about 800 grams)
2 tablespoonstomato paste
14 ozground meat (about 400 grams)
1extra-large egg
1/2 cupbreadcrumbs (about 50 grams)
1 sprigfresh parsley
Salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil
Chopped garlic and onion
Sweet paprika (preferably from La Vera)

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Steps

1 hour

1

In a bowl, mix the ground meat with the egg, salt, pepper, chopped onion, garlic, and paprika to taste. Gradually add breadcrumbs until the mixture is firm. You should get 5 or 6 meatballs.
2

Heat a wok over medium heat with 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and sear the meatballs. Then remove them from the wok.
3

In the same wok, add the artichokes with salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil. Cook until tender, then remove them from the wok.
4

In the same wok, add the 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and stir for 30 seconds. Add the meatballs back in and stir for 1 minute.
5

Remove the meatballs and add the artichokes to the wok. Stir until they reach your desired doneness.
6

To serve, plate 2 or 3 meatballs with artichokes and spoon the remaining sauce from the wok over the top. Sprinkle chopped parsley on top and enjoy.