Can I freeze Ballekes in tomato sauce?

Yes, you can freeze Ballekes in tomato sauce. Let them cool completely before you put them in the freezer and keep them in an airtight container.

Can I make the tomato sauce in advance?

Yes, you can make the tomato sauce in advance and store it in the fridge until use.

Ballekes in tomato sauce

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A large pot of freshly made classic tomato sauce with clean, tasty baked ballekes. Discover the full recipe here!

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Ingredients

What do you need?

Quantity: 4P

Tomato sauce:
1 tbsp butter
4 big carrots
1 large onion
3 celery stems
4 cloves of look
Tijm & Laurier tied together
150 g fine slices of smoked bacon, finely cut
1 game of tomato concentrate
1 small chilli pepper
Pepper and salt
2 tbsp Balsamicocrème
800 g peeled tomatoes
800 ml of water

Ballekes:
2 tbsp butter
1 kg mixed minced meat
1 egg
2 tbsp fine parsley
1 shallot
60 g chapelure
Pepper and salt

Serve with puree

Ballekes:
2 tbsp butter
1 kg mixed minced meat
1 egg
2 tbsp fine parsley
1 shallot
60 g chapelure
Pepper and salt

Serve with puree

Preparation method

How do you make this?

Peel the onion and garlic and finely chop, let it be in butter in butter together with the bacon.

Peel carrots and cut coarsely together with the celery. Add the coarse sliced carrots and celery to the onion, garlic and bacon and let it fry.

Add the tomato concentrate and let it bake.

Now extinguish with the peeled tomatoes and the water, season with salt and pepper and add the tied thyme and bay leaf, chili and balsamicocrème. Let the sauce simmer for 40 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix everything for the ballekes, roll nice round balls, fry them around brown in butter. When they are baked, keep them aside.

Remove the tied thyme and bay leaf and mix the sauce finely, taste and season with salt and pepper. Sieve the sauce through a fine sieve into a large pot.

Add the balles and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve with potato puree, pasta, fries or rice, you Chosssse!

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