Chorizo and Manchego cheese Meatballs with a light tomato sauce

This is my favourite meatball recipe, the quantity of the ingredients is approximates as I normally just throw in different amounts depending on my taste that day. They are fantastic for kids as they have a lovely sweet taste from the chorizo with a nice touch of cheese in them. Of course you can use spicy cooking chorizo if you wanted.

Chorizo and Manchego Cheese Meatballs with a light tomato sauce

370g beef mince 

50g cooking chorizo (diced)

2-3 tbsp Manchego cheese grated

Half an onion chopped

1 garlic clove

1 large slice of bread

3-4 tbsp milk

Salt and pepper

Sauce

1 onion chopped finely

1 garlic clove crushed

1 tin of plum tomatoes

Salt and pepper

Add the milk to a small bowl and tear up the bread and pop into the milk and allow to soak for several minutes

Add the mince, onion, garlic, chorizo and Manchego cheese to a food processor

Remove the bread from the milk and squeeze out any excess milk...it will be gooey but that's okay

Add the bread to the food processor with the other ingredients and blitz until completely incorporated and smooth.

Roll into meatball shapes and place on a plate

Heat some olive oil in a pan over a medium heat and add the meatballs and cook until golden on the outside, about 8 minutes, depending on how big they are. Remove them from the pan and set aside while you make the sauce

Add a little more oil to the pan if you need it (the meatballs would have produced some lovely red oil from the chorizo) fry the onions until nice and soft

Now add the garlic and fry for a further minute

Add the tinned tomatoes and mix in well, squashing the tomatoes as you go. Add a little salt and pepper and bring to the boil.

Turn the heat down to a simmer and add the meatballs.

Cook for around 10 minutes and serve with either some pasta or in a homemade tortilla wrap...trust me its lovely with a wrap :))