Ingredients:
1 slice whole wheat bread, broken up
1 tablespoon water
1 lb lean ground beef, preferably round
1/4 parsley
1 small onions, minced or 3 tablespoons onion flakes
1 eggs, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 clove garlic, minced or 1 pinch garlic powder
salt and pepper
3 cups tomato juice
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 clove garlic, minced or 1 pinch garlic powder
Directions:
Moisten bread with water.
Mix throughly with remaining meatball ingredients.
Shape into 8 medium or 16 small meatballs.
Brown meatballs on all sides.
Combine sauce ingredients in large saucepan.
Heat to boiling.
Add meatballs.
Simmer UNCOVERED until tomato juice has reduced to a fairly-thick sauce-about ONE HOUR.
Skim any fat (or refrigerate overnight and skim congealed fat).
Serve with crusty Italian bread, or with pasta (when i am doing it with pasta. i use twice the amount of tomato juice so as to get lots of sauce.).
Servings: 4
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 70 min.