Greek style meatballs in red wine & tomato sauce

750g of both lamb and beef mince total

Flour for dusting

Olive oil for frying

2 fat garlic cloves minced

1small onion grated

75g fresh breadcrumbs

1large egg

1/2 glass red wine

1tbs dried oregano

1tbs finely chopped parsley

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Salt pepper

For the sauce :

1/2 small glass red wine

1can chopped tomatoes

4-5 sun dried tomatoes chopped

1 tsp sugar

1tso dried thyme

1tbs chopped parsley

1bay leaf

Salt pepper

Feta for crumbling

Coriander for garnish

1-2 tbs Olive oil

In a heavy saucepan mix the tomatoes with the wine sugar parsley thyme bay leaf season generously add a slug of olive oil a little water and simmer very gently 30 mins or so til slightly reduced and glossy. Adjust seasoning, Remove bay leaf and blitz smooth .

sprinkle some flour on a plate season well and set aside. In a bowl add the mince the breadcrumbs onion garlic herbs and spices wine egg seasoning and using your hand, mash well together before forming into firm balls and rolling in the seasoned flour. Heat some oil in a pan and brown the meatballs all over in batches. Now heat the sauce in a heavy lidded pan add the meatballs replace lid and gently simmer til the meatballs are tender and cooked through aprox 20 mins

Serve with orzo, warm flatbreads and generous sprinklings of feta and chopped coriander ..