Chiftele

Ingredients

For the meatballs

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 large onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• ½ bunch dill
• ½ bunch parsley
• 2 eggs , lightly beaten
• 1 small potato
• 1 carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 slice bread , soaked in water
• Salt
• Pepper
• Nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons water (cold)
• Flour (for dusting)
• Vegetable oil (for frying)

For the sauce

• 2 scallions , grated
• 2 cloves garlic
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• ½ bunch parsley , finely chopped
• ½ green bell pepper , cut into strips
• 1 red bell pepper , cut into strips
• 1 green hot pepper , sliced
• ½ cup water
• A few pearl onions (optional)
• A few cherry tomatoes (optional)

Instructions

Meatballs

• within the kitchen appliance, chop meat, onion, garlic, dill, parsley, potatoes, celery and carrot.

• Sprinkle with nutmeg.

• Stir in bread, cold water and eggs by hand.

• Add salt and pepper.

• completely combine the preparation and set it aside for half-hour by operating it many times by hand.

• Grease your hands and kind swish spherical balls, regarding the scale of an oversized walnut (about one oz) and appear flour.

• Fry the meatballs during a giant cooking pan over medium heat one minute on either side. they ought to be 0.5 submerged in oil.

• Drain and put aside.

Sauce

• Peel, core and cut the tomatoes into little cubes.

• Sauté onions over medium heat.

• Add all the opposite ingredients except the pearl onions and cherry tomatoes.

• Mix well.

• once it's boiling once more, dip the meatballs within the sauce and cook for forty five minutes (15 minutes over medium heat and half-hour over low heat to simmer).

• quarter-hour before finish of preparation, add the pearl onions and cherry tomatoes within the sauce.