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Meatballs in thick sweet-tart tomato sauce
Juicy tomato meatballs, ground meat dumplings in sweet tomato sauce

Hungarian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses
A rehabilitated hero of cafeteria food. This dish is perfect comfort food: tomato sauce acidity and sweetness (balanced with sugar) complements fatty meatballs. It's essentially Stuffed Pepper filling without the pepper.
🕒 Prep Time 20 mins
🍳 Cook Time 30 mins
⌛ Total Time 50 mins
🍽️ Servings 5 servings
🔥 Calories 420 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Large pot for sauce
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk

Allergen Information

⚠️ Wheat
⚠️ Egg

Instructions

1 ✓

Parboil rice in salted water, then drain.

Tip: Pre-cooking ensures inside isn't hard.
2 ✓

Mix meat, rice, chopped onion, garlic, egg, paprika, salt, pepper. Knead well.

Tip: Form ping-pong sized balls with wet hands.
3 ✓

Make blonde roux: fry flour in oil until pale, add tomato and approx 1.5 cups water.

Tip: Whisk to remove lumps. Roux gives thickness.
4 ✓

Season with salt, sugar, celery leaves. Boil.

Tip: Sugar balances acidity.
5 ✓

Drop balls in sauce, simmer covered 30-40 mins.

Tip: Shake pot gently, don't stir to break balls.

Recipe FAQ

Why did meatball fall apart?
Packed too loosely or sauce boiled too hard. Egg binds it, don't skip! Simmer gently.
Rice stayed hard.
Acidic tomato slows rice cooking. Parboil rice halfway first.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Ground Pork
  • 0.5 cup Rice
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 small Onion
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 2 cups Tomato Passata (Purée)
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 1 tbsp Sugar (to taste)
  • 1 bunch Celery Leaves
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Paprika