Spanish Meatballs With Beans And Greens Recipes

SPANISH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together all meatball ingredients EXCEPT flour.
• Roll mixture into 2" balls.
• Roll each ball in the flour.
• Lightly oil a skillet with olive oil and fry the meatballs on med.- high heat until golden brown.
• Put meatballs in a large saucepan and set aside.
• In the same skillet you fried the meatballs in, add the onions and peppers and cook until tender.
• Add the tomatoes and cook another 8-10 minutes or until tomatoes are the consistency you like.
• Add the wine and cook about 3 more minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour sauce mixture onto meatballs and let simmer on low about 10 minutes.
• Best served on rice or rice-a-roni.
• *NOTE* If you like a sweeter sauce, try mixing 3 Tbsp grape jelly with the wine before adding it to the sauce.

SPANISH MEATBALLS WITH GREEN OLIVES

Steps:

• Trim crusts and soak bread in milk.
• Mix bread, crushed garlic, freshly grated nutmeg, finely minced parsley egg, and salt and pepper
• Add ground beef.
• Form meat into small walnut size meatballs.
• Roll meatballs in flour.
• Cut onion into rings.
• Heat olive oil in heavy pan.
• Cook meatballs until browned; remove from pan.
• Add more olive oil.
• Brown onions lightly .
• Add meatballs back to pan with the sliced stuffed green olives.
• Add wine and chicken stock.
• Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.

MEATBALLS CASSEROLE WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Fry onion, add all the other ingredients and cook covered for 20 minutes.
• In the meanwhile mix all ingredients for the meatballs together and shape a dozen of balls.
• Cook your meatballs in a casserole with the grill of your oven until they are brown, but not black! This takes about 10 Minutes.
• Top your meatballs with your vegetables and continue to cook for half an hour covered at low temperature.
• Stir in lemon.
• Serve with preferably with flatbread or couscous.