Herbed meatballs in tomato sauce – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• ***MEATBALLS
• 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil + extra, to fry
• 1kg beef mince
• handful thyme leaves
• handful rosemary leaves, finely chopped
• small handful sage leaves, finely chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• ***TOMATO SAUCE
• 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 125ml (½ cup) red wine
• 250ml (1 cup) beef stock
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• pinch sugar, if needed
• 150g fresh bocconcini mozzarella, drained, dried and torn
• basil leaves, to serve
• chargrilled ciabatta toast, to serve (optional)