Aromatic Ragù

I read

On ne juge pas les souvenirs. Bons ou mauvais, drôles ou tristes, sains ou non, ils parlent de nous, de notre passé. Ils mesurent la distance entre hier et maintenant.

Je me souviens ... 

Sylvie Poirier, Vita, Avril 2011

I translate:

We cannot judge memories. Good or bad, funny or sad, sane or not, they part of us, of our past. They measure the distance between yesterday and today.

... therefore, I think!


Isn't spaghetti part of your childhood memories???
Love it!

Aromatic Meatballs in
Rich Tomato Ragù

Prep: 30min     Cooking time: 30 min     Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 3 slices bread, crust removed
• 125 ml milk
• 60 ml olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 10 ml fresh chopped thyme
• 10 ml fresh chopped cilantro
• 375g ground pork
• 375g ground beef
• 100 g Parmesan, grated
• 125 ml white wine
• 28 on. tin chopped tomatoes
• 30 ml sun-dried tomato paste

Preparation
Put the bread slices into a shallow bowl, add the milk and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Crumble up into breadcrumb-sized pieces.

Heat half the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the onion, garlic, thyme and half the coriander for 6-8 minutes, or until the onion is softened. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

Mix the combined beef and pork, soaked bread, onion mixture, Parmesan, and salt and pepper and, using your hands, work together until evenly combines. Using slightly wet hands, shape the mixture into 24 balls.

Heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan and fry the meatballs over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until browned on all sides. (If the frying pan is small, fry the meatballs in two batches.) Add the remaining coriander and cook for 1 minute, or until aromatic.

Add the wine to the frying pan, bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, or until reduced by half. Add tomatoes, sun-dried tomato paste and some pepper and bring to the boil. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked and the sauce has thickened. Serve with spaghetti and top with Parmesan cheese.

Source: Great Tastes Comfort Food