Pesto Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Meatballs

Ingredients

1.5 pounds ground meat of your choice
7oz container of pesto (refridgerated section type)
2/3 cup of panko or bread crumbs
1/2 tsp salt
pepper

Instructions

1. Use hands to blend the ingredients together
2. Portion meatballs to equal size. 
3. Heat 1 tablespoons of oil in 12: frying pan until it shimmers
4. Add meatballs to pan. Brown on all sides and cook 8-10 minutes on medium heat.
5. Set aside when browned but not completely cooked.
6. Reserve about half of the oil in the pan.

Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

3 cans of 14.5oz diced tomatoes
1 chopped onion
3 cloves of garlic
red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. Dump 2 of the cans of diced tomatoes into a blender and process until smooth.
2. Cook chopped onions in the pan with the reserve oil from cooking the meatballs. 5-7 minutes on medium heat. Cook until soft and slightly caramelized.
3. Finely chop peeled garlic and add it to the pan with red pepper flakes to your liking.
4. Cook the mixture with the garlic just until you can smell the garlic cooking, about 30 seconds. Turn down the heat.
5. Add the can of diced tomatoes along with the tomatoes that were pureed in the blender.
6. Simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Add the meatballs to the tomato sauce, set the heat to simmer and cover for about 10 minutes.

https://youtu.be/NOxVlsx4kH8