Prep Time 10′ Cooking Time 20′ Serves 6
Ingredients
- 500g minced beef
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 2 thick slices of stale bread
- 1 cup red wine
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- A little red wine for molding
For the sauce:
- 1 kg fresh tomatoes, grated
- 2 tbsp olive oil or butter
- 1 clove garlic, crushed or finely chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- A pinch of sugar
- 2-3 cloves
- Salt
- Pepper
- A little cumin (optional)
Instructions
- Soak the bread in the red wine.
- After soaking well, we squeeze it and crumble it. We set the wine aside.
- In a bowl, add the minced meat, bread, and all the remaining ingredients, and knead them together until the meat becomes fluffy.
- Let the meat mixture rest in the refrigerator for a while.
- Heat a little olive oil in a pan, over medium to high heat.
- Shape the meat into small patties, dipping your hands in the wine you left aside.
- Fry them for 2-3 minutes.
- The sausage patties can also be baked in the oven.
- After shaping them, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake them at 200ºC in a preheated oven on the middle rack for 5 minutes to lightly brown.
- In a saucepan, heat the olive oil, add the garlic, and sauté for 1 minute.
- Add the tomatoes and all the remaining ingredients for the sauce.
- If you use canned tomatoes instead of fresh ones, add a little water to the saucepan.
- Simmer the sauce for 10-15 minutes until it thickens.
- Add the (fried or baked) patties to the tomato sauce and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- If you have shaped them into large patties, then they will need more frying time and more cooking time in the sauce.
- Serve with rice.
Enjoy!
Source: Argiro Barbarigou
