Meatballs and Peas. Traditional and Bimby Recipe
Complete dish, delicious, easy, and economical to make. It will please both adults and children.
Delicious meatballs immersed in a pea sauce, which you can also use to dress pasta.
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- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Slow fire, Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 662.23 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 51.19 (g) of which sugars 10.61 (g)
- Proteins 41.34 (g)
- Fat 32.60 (g) of which saturated 10.36 (g)of which unsaturated 11.27 (g)
- Fibers 8.12 (g)
- Sodium 891.09 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 300 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
Let’s go grocery shopping
- 14 oz ground beef
- 3.5 oz stale bread
- 3.5 oz breadcrumbs (Sicilian style see recipe)
- 2 eggs (100)
- 1 cup milk
- to taste rosemary
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- to taste seed oil (only if frying the meatballs)
- 14 oz peas (fresh or frozen)
- 1.75 oz onion
- 2 teaspoons broth cube
- 1.7 cups water (approximately)
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Tools
What we need to make
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Knife
- 1 Pan or the Bimby
Steps
Traditional Recipe
Choose good quality ground meat, tell the butcher to grind it twice. I prefer it lean, but you can choose as you like best
Cut the stale bread into pieces, put them in a bowl with the milk, and wait until it absorbs all the milk, and prepare the Sicilian-style seasoned breadcrumbs see recipe click
In a rather large bowl, put the ground meat, eggs, Sicilian-style seasoned breadcrumbs, and the soaked and squeezed bread. Do not discard the excess milk, as you might need it to further moisten the mixture: Knead
Form the meatballs, I prefer them oval as a good Messinese, but you can also make them round
In a pan, put a sprig of rosemary, some EVO oil, and heat it
When the oil is hot, place the meatballs and cook for 2/3 minutes on each side, turning only once
As the meatballs cook, set them aside
Let’s move on to the pea sauce: Prefer nice fresh peas. But alternatively, you can use frozen peas.
Shell them
Peel and chop the onion into pieces, and put it in the pot or a pan with a drizzle of EVO oil.
Let it fry for a few minutes then…
Add the peas.
Let them brown for 2 minutes, then…
Add about 1.7 cups of water,
vegetable broth cube.
and let it cook for only 3 minutes
At this point, you can proceed with baking or pan-frying:
For oven baking, transfer the pea sauce to a baking dish or casserole, and add the meatballs.
Place in a preheated oven at 350°F and cook for 15 minutes.
Instead, to proceed with pan-frying, you need to add the meatballs to the peas and cook for another 10 minutes.
And here are the Meatballs and Peas ready, a light and delicious dish.
Cut the stale bread into pieces, put it in a bowl with the milk, and wait until it absorbs all the milk. Drain excess milk
Prepare the Sicilian-style seasoned breadcrumbs see recipe,
Put the breadcrumbs, the soaked bread in milk, eggs, and ground meat in the bowl. Place the measuring cup, and mix for 2 min at speed 5.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl and form the meatballs
Place the meatballs distributed between the Varoma and its tray, and cover.
Wash and dry the bowl.
Peel the onion and coarsely chop it, place it in the bowl and chop for 10 sec. at speed 5. Gather with the spatula, pour the EVO oil and cook for 3 min at 230°F speed 1.
Add the peas, vegetable broth cube, and 1.7 cups of water at this point.
Place the lid and Varoma, and cook for 20 min at Varoma reverse speed 1.
At the end of cooking, arrange the meatballs in a baking dish and pour the pea sauce over them.
Storage
Meatballs and Peas.
Storage: you can store this dish in the fridge for up to 2 days and
in the freezer for up to 3 months if the ingredients had not been previously frozen
Variations: if you want to make a tomato sauce, simply replace the water with tomato puree and proceed as the recipe says.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
Meatballs and Peas
Can I use other types of meat?
Yes, you can use chicken, turkey, pork, and even make these meatballs with the flesh of any type of fish previously filleted.
Can I add tomato sauce?
Yes, of course, instead of adding water for cooking, you can add tomato puree.

