{"id":461,"date":"2026-08-05T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:03:00","slug":"golden-brown-meatballs-simmering-gently-in-a-creamy-bell-pepper-sauce-at-the-end-everyone-secretly-dips-bread-into-the-pot-because-no-one-wants-to-leave-a-single-drop-the-kind-of-meal-that-sudden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"Golden-brown meatballs simmering gently in a creamy bell pepper sauce.  At the end, everyone secretly dips bread into the pot because no one wants to leave a single drop.  The kind of meal that suddenly makes everyone at the table fall silent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients for 4 servings: 500g ground beef, 1 egg, 3 tbsp breadcrumbs, 1 small onion, salt and pepper. For the sauce: 1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 150ml broth, 200ml cream, 1 tbsp oil, 1 tsp sweet paprika powder, salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Combine the ground beef, egg, breadcrumbs, and finely diced onion. Season with salt and pepper and form into small meatballs.<\/p>\n<p>Heat the oil in a large pan and brown the meatballs thoroughly on all sides. Remove and set aside briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Cut the bell peppers into thin strips and finely chop the garlic. Saut\u00e9 both in the pan drippings for a few minutes. Add the tomato paste and paprika powder and saut\u00e9 briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Deglaze with the broth and cream and bring the sauce to a boil. Return the meatballs to the pan and simmer over medium heat for about 10\u201315 minutes, until they are fully cooked and the sauce is nice and creamy.<\/p>\n<p>Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with parsley, if desired. Serve with rice, spaetzle, or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients for 4 servings: 500g ground beef, 1 egg, 3 tbsp breadcrumbs, 1 small onion, salt and pepper. For the sauce: 1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 150ml broth, 200ml cream, 1 tbsp oil, 1 tsp sweet paprika powder, salt and pepper. Combine the ground beef, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbimg":"","fbimg2":"","fbtext":"","fbtext2":"","source_link":"","video":"","youtube":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.mealse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}