4-Ingredient Lentil Meatballs
Put them in tomato sauce and you will be amused by how delicious they are.
Ingredients
- 300 gr. cooked lentils
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp shredded cheese of your choice
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt and black pepper
for the tomato sauce:
- 300 gr. tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 carrot
- olive oil
Instructions
- Start by putting your boiled lentils, breadcrumbs, grated cheese, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl or in a bowl.
- Beat well. Form your meatballs. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, if you want, make your sauce. Pour the olive oil into a non-stick pan. Once heated, add the onion, garlic and carrot. Saute for 4-5 minutes and add the tomato. Add salt and pepper and mix well. Add some water and cook for 20 minutes at medium temperature.
- Allow your sauce to cool for a while before blitzing it in a food processor to make it more saucey.
- Pour the sauce on your meatballs, mix and put back in the oven for 3-4 minutes. Take it out, sprinkle grated cheese on top if you want and enjoy your meatballs with whatever side dish you want or just with some bread.