Meatballs with Fruity Tomato Sauce

Preheat the oven (fan oven: 160 ° C, top and bottom heat: 180 ° C, gas: level 2). 1 Peel the garlic clove and the onion, chop them finely and knead together with the minced meat, egg and meat to a meat dough. Season with salt, pepper, paprika and basil. Form about 24 small balls out of the dough and place in the baking dish.

For the sauce, peel the shallots and the remaining garlic, chop them finely and sweat them in a saucepan with a little oil. Do not cut the tomatoes into pieces and add them and let them sauté briefly. Deglaze with the apple juice and reduce a little Add tomatoes, bring to the boil and season with salt, pepper, herbs of Provence, paprika powder and sugar. Distribute the sauce evenly between the meatballs and put it in the oven for 20-30 minutes, until the meat is cooked. Take the meatballs with the sauce out of the oven and place on plates. Serve sprinkled with the coarsely chopped parsley. We served it Rice with it.