A grandmother's recipe from Malaga, a city in the south of Spain. It can be presented as tapa (one or a couple per tapa), or as main dish, generally accompanied with fried fries or fried rice with one garlic clove. Its name in spanish is "Albondigas con Salsa de Almendras"

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Name: Andalusian Meat Balls with Almond Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 2 lb Beef ground meat; 2 whole Eggs beaten; 1 Salt; to taste; 1 Black ground pepper; to taste; 1 Fresh parsley; to taste; 1 garlic clove up to three; 1 cup plain bread crumbs; 1 cup Flour; 2 cups Vegetable oil; 1 cup almonds; 1 slice bread

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INGREDIENTS

2 lb Beef ground meat
2 whole Eggs ; beaten
1 Salt; to taste
1 Black ground pepper; to taste
1 Fresh parsley; to taste
1 garlic clove ; up to three
1 cup plain bread crumbs
1 cup Flour
2 cups Vegetable oil
1 cup almonds
1 slice bread

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INSTRUCTIONS

To prepare the meat balls:

Mix in mixing bowl ground meat, plain bread crumbs, eggs, salt, pepper, garlic and parsley with your hands. Make 2 inches aprox. meat balls and dip them into the flour. Remove the excess of flour in the meat balls and fry them in a medium saucepan with the vegetable oil until golden-brown color.

To prepare the almond sauce:

Boil the almonds and remove the skin in a cold water bath. Fried them until golden-brown color in a medium saucepan with a vegetable oil teaspoon. Grind them with the bread slice and a cup of water (it can be replace by a half of a cup of white wine and half of other cup of water). Heat the sauce 10 minutes and mix with the meatballs.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (315g)
Recipe Makes: 6 Servings

Calories: 627
Calories from Fat: 465 (74%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 51.6g	69 %
	Saturated Fat 15.2g	76 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 21.8g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 11.1g
Cholesterol 181.3mg		56 %
Sodium 576.8mg		20 %
Potassium 213mg		6 %
Total Carbohydrate 32g		9 %
	Dietary Fiber 3.2g	13 %
	Sugars, other 28.8g
Protein 11.8g		17 %
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Calories per serving: 627

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