Preheat the oven to 220°C.
Beef
Lightly oil a deep baking dish or skillet (one that will fit 8 meatballs comfortably in a single layer). Mix all meatball ingredients together well, then shape into 8 meatballs and place in prepared baking dish.
Tomato sauce
Place a dash of oil in a heavybased saucepan, over a low heat, and add the onion and garlic. Cook until the onion is soft, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, sugar, bay leaf and season well. Simmer for 10 minutes to allow all the flavours to mingle and the liquid to reduce a little. Remove from the heat, cool for about 5 minutes, remove the bay leaf, then process in a food processor until you have a smooth sauce.
Beef
Pour sauce over the meatballs and cook in oven for 25 minutes turning meatballs once after 15 minutes.
To serve
Serve hot sprinkled with the Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
Recipe from recipes.co.nz
