Meatballs with Cabbage

Ingredients

• •For the cabbage:
• •3 tomatoes
• •1 onion
• •1 tsp margarine
• •400 g cabbage
• •150 ml water
• •150 g cream
• •Salt
• •For the meatballs:
• •2 slices stale bread
• •Salt
• •1 onion
• •500 g ground meat
• •1 tsp vegetable oil
• •1 egg
• •1 tsp mustard
• •Red pepper powder, black pepper
• •Frying oil

Preparation

1. 1

   Cut the cabbage into very thin strips. Boil it in salted water for about 20 minutes and drain. For the cabbage, peel and seed the tomatoes and dice into small cubes. Dice the onion.

2. 2

   Melt the margarine in a pan and sauté the onion. Add the cabbage and keep sautéing. Add the cream and water and cook over low heat for about 25 minutes. Salt it and add the tomatoes to the pan.

3. 3

   Meanwhile, for the meatballs, cut the crusts off the bread and moisten the remaining crumb with water. Dice the onion into small cubes. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and sauté the onion. Put the ground meat in a bowl and knead with the bread crumb, onion and egg. Season with mustard, salt, black pepper and red pepper powder. Form 16 round flat meatballs. Heat frying oil in a pan and fry the meatballs. Serve the meatballs with the cabbage.