Beef meatballs with chocolate sauce

Traditional meatballs with a deep, rich sauce thanks to a touch of dark chocolate.

Time: 60 min · Servings: 4 · Calories: 563 kcal

Ingredients

• 600 g ground beef
• 60 g egg
• 50 g bread crumbs
• 100 ml milk
• 5 g garlic
• 300 g potato
• 300 g onion
• 80 g carrot
• 150 g green pepper
• 10 g garlic
• 50 g wheat flour
• 40 g dark chocolate
• 75 ml red wine
• 45 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 5 g salt (to taste)
• 2 g pepper (to taste)
• 15 g parsley (to taste)

Method

1. Soak the bread crumbs in milk in a large bowl.
2. Finely dice the onion, green pepper, carrot, and garlic cloves.
3. Drain the soaked bread crumbs, squeezing to remove excess milk.
4. In a bowl, mix the ground meat, drained bread crumbs, egg, minced garlic, salt, and pepper until you get a homogeneous mixture.
5. Let the meat mixture rest while you prepare the sauce.
6. Shape portions of meat with your hands into balls.
7. Lightly flour the meatballs.
8. Heat a pan with oil and sauté the chopped vegetables for 15 minutes.
9. Add the red wine to the pan and reduce for 15-20 minutes over low heat.
10. Chop the dark chocolate and add it to the sauce along with a little water to incorporate.
11. Blend the sauce with a mixer until smooth.
12. Fry the meatballs in a pan with oil until golden.
13. Transfer the meatballs to a casserole dish and pour the blended sauce over them.
14. Cook the mixture over low heat for 6 minutes.
15. Fry the cracked potatoes in the same oil where you browned the meatballs until they are ready.
16. Serve the meatballs with their sauce on a plate.
17. Serve with the fried potatoes, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and add a pinch of coarse salt.

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