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Meatballs in tomato sauce

  • Low in lactose

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

Beef meatballs finished in tomato sauce; 4 servings of four meatballs, excluding sides.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,550 g

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Ingredients

  • 600 gBeef, grass-fed, ground, raw
  • 100 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 80 gBread, crumbs, dry, grated, plain
  • 150 gOnions, raw
  • 700 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
  • 25 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 6 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Mix meat, egg, crumbs and salt; shape 16 balls.
  2. Brown balls 6 minutes at 175 °C; fry onion 4 minutes.
  3. Add tomato and cook covered 15 minutes at 90 °C until centres reach 72 °C.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,054 kcal
Protein
147.6 g
Fat
116.7 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
99.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
14.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
39.8 g
Sodium
3,502.6 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
8.8 g

Per serving

Energy
513.5 kcal
Protein
36.9 g
Fat
29.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
24.9 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
3.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
10 g
Sodium
875.6 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2.2 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
132.5 kcal
Protein
9.5 g
Fat
7.5 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
6.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.94 g
Saturated fatty acids
2.6 g
Sodium
226 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.56 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Egg

May contain: Soy, Milk, Sesame

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal