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Garlic meatballs with crisp tacos and homemade tomato sauce

Garlic meatballs with crisp tacos and homemade tomato sauce is a sauces recipe made with Olive Oil and Tomato Pur E. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   For the tomato sauce, heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion until soft but not coloured.

2. 2

   Add the tomato and tomato purée and stir to combine.

3. 3

   Cook for five minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. 4

   Add the basil and stock.

5. 5

   Blend with a stick blender until smooth.

6. 6

   For the meatballs, mix together the mince, beaten egg, tomato purée and garlic in a bowl. Shape into 4cm/1½in meatballs.

7. 7

   Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs on all sides until golden-brown.

8. 8

   Cook the meatballs in the pan with the tomato sauce on a medium heat for ten minutes, or until they are cooked through (the meat is cooked through when it is tender and has no trace of pink).

9. 9

   For the tacos, brush the tortillas with oil and fry in a frying pan until crisp.

10. 10

    Fill the cooked tortillas with the meatballs and tomato sauce and serve.