Christina Hearty, meaty, savoury, juicy, and bursting with Italian flavours, these GF & Vegan Italian Meatballs in Rustic Tomato Sauce won’t fall apart and aren’t mushy! They are so flavourful, satisfying, and delicious, super easy, made with very simple ingredients, and can easily be made 100% gluten-free. Simmered in a rustic homemade tomato sauce and topped with our Nut-Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese or crumbled vegan feta cheese (our recipe is in our cookbook & e-book ALL PLANTS: The Food You Love, The Vegan Way)!
These are just like the meatballs you grew up eating, but 100% vegan, cruelty-free & optionally gluten-free!
1 serving of these amazing vegan meatballs will provide you with 49% of the protein, 39% of the iron, 53% of the calcium, 19% of the vitamin C, and 23% of the dietary fibre that you need in a day (based on a 2000 kcal per day diet). See more detailed nutrition facts below.
If you’re interested in another one of our Vegan Meatballs recipes, check out our Authentic Gluten-Free & Vegan Swedish Meatballs, our Crispy Delicious Gluten-Free & Vegan Potato Waffles, our Vegan Christmas Spiced Swedish Meatballs, Vegan Swedish Brown Gravy – Ikea Style, Creamy Vegan Green Peppercorn Gravy. You’ll love them!
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GF & Vegan Italian Meatballs in Rustic Tomato Sauce
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Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 batch The Best Gluten-Free & Vegan Italian Meatballs
- 1/4 cup red wine
Tomato Sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 400 ml store-bought tomato sauce
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp fresh basil
- 1 dash black pepper, freshly ground
Toppings
Instructions
Meatballs
- Follow the instructions from The Best Gluten-Free & Vegan Italian Meatballs.
- In a non-stick large skillet, over medium heat, place meatballs and pour 1/4 cup of vegan red wine on top. Let cook, stirring continuously until the wine has been absorbed. Turn off the heat.
Tomato Sauce
- In a non-stick large skillet, over medium-high heat, heat olive oil and sauté garlic until golden. Stir in tomato paste and tomato sauce. Lower the heat to low and add the seasoning. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the vegan meatballs sautéed in red wine to the skillet, and let them simmer in the rustic tomato sauce for about 10 minutes, on medium heat.
- Enjoy these insanely delicious vegan meatballs! Top with chopped fresh basil and our Nut-Free Vegan Parmesan Cheese or crumbled vegan feta cheese (our recipe is in our cookbook & e-book ALL PLANTS: The Food You Love, The Vegan Way)!
Notes
- Store in an air-tight container, in the refrigerator, for up to 4 days.
- It’s essential that you refrigerate the meatballs for a minimum of 2 hours to overnight after pan-frying them and before baking them. This is an important step to achieve the right consistency, do not omit! The more time you refrigerate them, the better the texture of the meatballs will get!
- We made this recipe twice, one using both plain all-purpose wheat flour and the second using gluten-free all-purpose flour. Both ways the meatballs turned out delicious
Nutrition
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