Main Dishes Recipe ✶ Sweet Tomato Meatballs

These meatballs with sundried tomatoes have a kind of sweet kick to them.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 sun-dried tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• ¼ onion, minced
• ½ cup bread crumbs
• ¼ cup half-and-half
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• sea salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Cooking Directions

1. Combine the water and tomatoes in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook until the water is absorbed.
2. Mix together the tomatoes, ground beef, onion, bread crumbs, half-and-half, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Form the mixture into golf ball-sized spheres.
3. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the meatballs in the heated oil until no longer pink in the center, turning several times to maintain even coloring; remove and set aside, reserving drippings in the skillet. Stir the water and cornstarch together to dissolve cornstarch, then mix into the drippings. Replace skillet over medium heat, bring to a boil and stir until thickened; serve on side of meatballs.

Nutrition Facts

• calories509.9
• carbohydrateContent16.3 g
• cholesterolContent102.1 mg
• fatContent39.4 g
• fiberContent1.1 g
• proteinContent21.5 g
• saturatedFatContent14.4 g
• sodiumContent296.9 mg
• sugarContent2 g