Stuffed Cheesy Meatballs in a Smokey Tomato Sauce

For sauce:

Ingredients:

2 tins chopped tomatoes

1 clove garlic, crushed

1/2 TSP salt

1 TBS Italian herbs

1 TBS sweetener of choice

2 TBS olive oil or coconut oil

2 TBS smoked paprika

Method:

Add oil to pan and fry garlic briefly.

Add tinned tomatoes and stir.

Add remaining ingredients.

Slow to simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

While the sauce cooks...

For the meatballs...

Ingredients:

500g beef mince

100g+- mozzarella

2 TBS heba pap

1 TSP onion powder

1 egg

1 TBS Italian herbs

1/2 TSP salt

Ground black pepper

Method:

Cut mozzarella into cubes and set aside.

Mix together remaining ingredients.

Portion off mince mixture and flatten in hand.

Place a cube of mozzarella in the middle and close the ball of mince around it.

Roll it nicely then plop into tomato sauce mixture.

Do this for the remaining mixture.

Once all meatballs in the pan, slow to simmer for 5 minutes on the stove top, transfer to an oven friendly dish (my pot can go in oven) and bake at 180C until meatballs are cooked through...about 35 minutes.

Enjoy over truly good noodles or caulirice etc.