Meatballs with marinara sauce

Nothing like a tasty marinara sauce with some delicious meatballs...

Marinara sauce:
1 can of crushed tomatoes
4 cherry tomatoes
4 sun dried tomato slices
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
olive oil
spices: black pepper, salt, oregano, basil, sage

Meatballs:
400 g of minced meat
bread crumbs
2 eggs
black pepper

1. Fry the onion in olive oil until they are softer and a little brown.
2. Add garlic and some of the spices.
3. Stir in cut tomatoes.
4. Let it simmer for at least 15 minutes.
5. Add the crushed tomatoes and rest of the spices. Let it cook in low heat.
6. If needed add oil and or garlic later on ( after 30 minutes or so).

Meatballs

1. Mix all the ingredients. (bread crumbs a little bit of a time)
2. Heat the oven to 200 C.
3. Make small or bigger balls out of the mixture and bake them for about 15 minutes. Then turn them over for a little while longer.

Mix up the sauce and the meatballs and serve with some fresh bread.

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