080 Mediterranean meatballs with green beans and rice

Ingredients (for 2 ppl):

• 120 g of rice 
• 200 g of minced beef
• 1 onion
• 100 ml of apple juice
• 45 g of sliced olives
• 1 egg
• 5 g of herbs de Provence
• 100 ml of cream
• 1 glas of diced tomatoes
• 100 g of cherry tomatoes
• 100 g of green beans
• 50 g of breadcrumbs
• Oil, salt and pepper

Peel and dice onion. Mix half of the onion with the meat, olives, egg and herbs. Add breadcrumbs and form 15 small meatballs out of it. Put them in an oiled oven form.

Boil salted water and cook rice in low heat for 15-20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180*C.

Sauté the remaining onions in oil, add apple juice and let it simmer until the liquid reduced a bit. Add tomato dices and cream, let it cook again, then season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and decorate it with cherry tomatoes. Put in the oven for 15 minutes.

Wash beans and cut tips. Add beans 5 min before the cooking time of the rice ends. Drain off the water of beans and rice. Serve with the meatballs on top.

(recipe from HelloFresh)