# Meatballs with Creamy Tomato Sauce

Meatballs with creamy tomato sauce and basil garlic orzo.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- parsley
- ground beef
- Parmesan cheese
- bread crumbs
- salt
- garlic
- fresh basil
- olive oil
- onion
- bell pepper
- sun-dried tomatoes
- tomato sauce
- pepper
- heavy cream
- orzo

## Instructions

1. Chop the parsley.
2. Place the ground beef in a bowl.
3. Add Parmesan cheese, chopped parsley, breadcrumbs, and salt to the ground beef.
4. Mix the ingredients with your hands.
5. Form the mixture into meatballs.
6. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet.
7. Bake the meatballs in the oven.
8. Put fresh basil, garlic, and olive oil in a food processor.
9. Process the ingredients to make a basil garlic paste.
10. Pour the basil garlic paste into a bowl.
11. Chop the onion.
12. Chop the bell pepper.
13. Chop the sun-dried tomatoes.
14. Heat olive oil in a pan.
15. Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, and sun-dried tomatoes to the pan.
16. Sauté the vegetables until cooked.
17. Add the chopped garlic.
18. Add the basil garlic paste to the pan.
19. Pour tomato sauce into the pan.
20. Stir the sauce.
21. Season with pepper and salt.
22. Add heavy cream to the sauce.
23. Stir until well combined.
24. Add Parmesan cheese.
25. Add the cooked meatballs to the sauce.
26. Stir the meatballs in the sauce.
27. Boil water in a pan and add salt.
28. Add orzo to the boiling water.
29. Stir the orzo until cooked.
30. Place cooked orzo in a bowl.
31. Add the basil garlic paste to the orzo.
32. Mix the orzo with the basil garlic paste.
33. Serve the basil garlic orzo on a plate.
34. Add the meatballs with creamy tomato sauce to the plate.
35. Garnish with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.

## Equipment

- bowl
- knife
- cutting board
- baking sheet
- oven
- food processor
- pan
- spoon
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHuYdXovgK0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5aa8cd07-ae44-4c89-83f9-448ba638cd7f
- Extracted: 2025-11-11

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