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Easy almôndegas, baked meatballs with tomato

Easy almôndegas, baked meatballs with tomato

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Brazilian meatball recipe: ground meat, eggs, grated onion, and cheese, mixed together and formed into balls. Arranged in a dish, covered with tomato sauc…

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Recipe from Atoj, Rotlimena, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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You don’t need to fry them: these meatballs cook directly in the oven, submerged in their tomato sauce. The Brazilian “cheiro verde” (a mixture of parsley and chives) adds a fragrant flavour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$12.59 $2.10 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $9.53
  • $0.80
  • $0.21
  • $0.22
  • $0.38
  • $0.80
  • $0.11
  • $0.54

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C and grease a baking dish that is suitable for the oven.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the meat, eggs, grated onion, cheese, flour, salt, pepper, and herbs. ≈ 4 min
  3. Form the meatballs and place them in the dish as you go. ≈ 10 min
  4. Cover them with tomato sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese. ≈ 2 min
  5. Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through and the top is golden brown.

The bill

Easy almôndegas, baked meatballs with tomato

  • 1 kg of ground meat$9.53
  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 1 grated onion$0.21
  • 2 tablespoons of grated cheese$0.22
  • 2 cups of wheat flour (approximately 240g)$0.38
  • salt, pepper, chopped parsley, and chopped chives$0.80
  • 1 tablespoon of grated cheese, for sprinkling$0.11
  • A little butter, for the dish.$0.54

Total$12.59

that's $2.10 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ground meat
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 grated onion
  • 2 tablespoons of grated cheese
  • 2 cups of wheat flour (approximately 240g)
  • salt, pepper, chopped parsley, and chopped chives
  • 1 can of tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of grated cheese, for sprinkling
  • A little butter, for the dish.

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