Creamy meat balls
Creamy meat balls recipe in the low carb category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 pound ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon marjoram
- 5 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3/4 cup beef stock
- 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup sour cream
Recipe method:
- Saute onion in half the butter in large fry pan until golden brown.
- Put the onion in the crockpot.
- Mix together the beef, eggs, salt and pepper.
- Form into small balls.
- Brown meatballs in same fry pan.
- Sprinkle on the tarragon and marjoram.
- Mix together tomato paste, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce and vinegar in the frypan.
- Scrape the bottom of the pan and cook for two minutes.
- Pour over meatballs.
- Cover and cook on low for about 1 1/2 hours.
- Melt remaining butter in and saute mushrooms for minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and the sour cream to the meatballs and heat through.
Per serving: 608 cal (63% from fat, 32% from protein, 6% from carb); 48 g protein; 42 g tot fat; 9 g carb; 1 g fiber; 85 mg calcium; 6 mg iron; 1255 mg sodium; 250 mg cholesterol