Mary Berry served up tasty tomato and herb meatballs on Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites.

This flavoursome and succulent dish is Mary’s grandchildren’s favourite comfort food.

The ingridents are: 1 large onion, finely chopped, 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed, 50g Parmesan cheese, grated, 1 tbsp thyme leaves, chopped, ½ tsp paprika, 1 small egg, beaten, 500g lean minced beef, 2 tbsp olive oil, for frying and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the sauce: 1 large onion, chopped, 4 garlic cloves, crushed, 600ml passata, 3 tbsp tomato purée, 2 tsp caster sugar, a dash of hot pepper sauce such as Tabasco, or ¼ tsp cayenne pepper and 2 tbsp chopped basil.

The recipe is taken from Mary’s book titled: Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites, available from Amazon now.