00:05well hello there folks and a very warm welcome as usual back to what's for tea and it's lovely
00:11to see you all again and i hope that i find you very well indeed and thanks for coming over
00:16for
00:16this week's recipe and it's these delicious meatballs and tomato sauce you know the sauce
00:23is so incredibly rich and it just clings to those delicious meatballs highly recommend you give this
00:29one a go and it's really easy because i'm doing this one in the crock pot or the slow cooker
00:35the
00:35sauce in this recipe let me tell you is incredible so please do give this a go now you can
00:43make this
00:43on the stovetop if you prefer but i think making this in the slow cooker you know allowing the
00:49meatballs to cook in the sauce is what makes this so delicious so i'm using my slow cooker and to
00:54this
00:55i'm going to add some very finely chopped tomatoes you can even use passata for this if you prefer
01:01i like the texture of these very finely chopped tomatoes in this recipe to this i'm going to
01:07add some tomato puree just for extra depth flavor and richness and i used one large onion half for
01:14the sauce and half for the meatballs the half for the sauce i've just finely chopped i'm also adding
01:20a tablespoon of butter as well this is salted butter just for some extra richness and moisture
01:25and i'm also going to add some garlic powder you could use fresh garlic if you prefer i prefer the
01:31powder in this just because it makes the sauce less chunky and then some italian seasoning or italian
01:37herbs or even oregano you know anything like that will do just to give you that kind of flavor
01:43then i'm also going to add some sea salt any old salt will do it's just i've got some sea
01:48salt so i'm going
01:49to use that and then some cracked black pepper as well i'm adding about a teaspoon and a half of
01:54salt
01:55because it really does help to bring out the flavors and everything else so in with your salt and then
02:00in with your pepper and i'm also going to add some grated parmesan cheese and this is going to go
02:05beautifully in the sauce this is the one that i used here so in with your grated parmesan cheese
02:11and just stir everything together so just make sure everything is well mixed together and then
02:17once you've done this you just want to pop your lid on leave that cooking away on low until you've
02:22made your meatballs and your sauce will be ready for the meatballs so to make the meatballs i am using
02:2712 fat mince i prefer this over overly low fat mince or over you know overly high fat mince i
02:35think it
02:35just works best in this recipe and i'm going to add some salt and pepper again just to give this
02:41extra
02:42flavor so in with a wee bit of salt and then your pepper again straight into your bowl and then
02:47to
02:48this we're going to add the other half of the onion i've grated this onion just so that it basically
02:53disappears into the meat when you mix it through the meat and then again with the italian seasoning
02:59just to tie in with the flavors of the sauce so a wee dash of the italian seasoning or oregano
03:06whatever
03:06you're using and then again with the garlic powder quite a bit and with the meatballs this is going
03:11to give them a lovely garlicky flavor i'm going to add some dried breadcrumbs into this just to bring
03:17everything together so in with the dry breadcrumbs and this is the one that i use here i use this
03:23for
03:23everything highly recommend ruscaline you just can't go wrong and then to this we're going to add a
03:29medium egg again it's just going to help bind everything together so i'm going to go in with
03:34a wooden spoon to begin with just to make sure that egg is worked into the mixture before i go
03:39in with
03:40my hand because i don't want to squish into an egg with my hand so once i've mixed the egg
03:45in well
03:45i'm just going to go in with my hand just to bring everything together into a smooth ball just kind
03:52of
03:52squish everything with your fingers and eventually you'll have a nice smooth ball and everything will be
03:59well mixed together and should look something like this you want to refrigerate this for about 15
04:05minutes before you make your actual meatballs for a scoop i'm just going to use this one tablespoon
04:11measuring spoon or you could use a meatball scissor if you have one i'm just going to use this wee
04:17spoon because mostly everyone is going to have a wee spoon that they can use so i'm going to make
04:2212
04:23meatballs quite large meatballs you can do these any size you like so you want to get your meatballs
04:29onto an oven tray because we are going to roast these just to give them a bit of a color
04:34you know
04:34and hold them together so you just want to roll these so they're nice and smooth you know this will
04:40be really easy to do so once they're looking like this i just like to oil my hands with some
04:45olive oil or
04:46vegetable oil whatever oil you have and just go around your balls again just to make sure they are
04:53coated lightly in that oil it's going to help them you know stay together you're not looking to cook
04:58these through because they're only going to have about 15 minutes in the oven but it's just to help
05:03them keep their shape as they cook in the sauce in the slow cooker and they don't all fall apart
05:08so this will make sure that they stay in that nice shape as they are cooking for a few hours
05:15so into
05:15the middle of your oven like i said for about 15 minutes and when they come out they'll be looking
05:21something like this and you can go back to your sauce and by now it'll be nice and warm and
05:26bubbly
05:27and just pop your meatballs straight into the sauce just make sure they've got plenty of room to move
05:33around in there you don't want them all sticking together or sticking to the bottom and then pop your
05:38lid on you want to cook these on low for about three and a half or four hours depending on
05:44the size
05:44of your meatballs so this was me four hours later and that sauce is going beautiful and rich and you
05:52can just see that from the shine on the top there so you just want to give them a good
05:56stir around
05:57like i said just to make sure they're not sticking together or sticking to the bottom but they shouldn't
06:02be they should be lovely and loose and bouncy and should have held their shape wonderfully and let me tell
06:08you the flavour of this sauce was absolutely insane and i'm going to serve this with just plain
06:16spaghetti but it's lovely with mashed potato as well or even you know on its own with a big chunk
06:23of crusty bread is just as nice so i'll just give you a wee look at you know how they
06:28look as they are
06:30at the moment but yeah highly recommend you give this one a go if you do like this kind of
06:35thing
06:35like i said the flavour of this sauce was just beautiful it's so rich and garlicky and oniony
06:42and cheesy yeah it's just wonderful like i said i think this goes perfect with pasta
06:47and in particular spaghetti so that's what we are going to have so that's just plain spaghetti
06:53some of that beautiful rich sauce from the slow cooker and just three of those meatballs because they
06:59are quite large and this recipe will serve four people quite easily just some cracked black pepper
07:06some more parmesan and then just a wee bit of basil on the top is all you need so do
07:13let me know if you
07:14end up giving this a go and let me know if you love it just as much as i do
07:19if you like a wee spicy
07:20kick you could add chili you know or cayenne pepper or even chili flakes to the sauce if you want
07:27a wee
07:27bit of spice in there but honestly it's lovely just as it is so thank you all for watching and
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07:58on what's for tea so until i see you again mind to take care of yourselves and i'll see you
08:03office soon
08:04and bye for now bye now
