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Pasta with meatballs recipe

227 ratings

For the ultimate comforting food hug, you can’t beat a bowl full of pasta with meatballs and cheese. And this classic recipe only takes twenty minutes to prepare, so you can make a batch to fuel the whole family any day of the week. See method

Serves 4
20 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
887 calories / serving

Ingredients

6 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 x 680g bottle tomato passata
50ml (2fl oz) dry white wine (optional)

For the meatballs

500g (1lb) lean minced beef
50g Parmesan, grated
2-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 egg yolk
30g (1oz) handful fresh white breadcrumbs
1 tbsp finely chopped parsley plus extra to serve
2 tbsp olive oil
400g (13oz) fresh tagliatelle
grated Parmesan cheese, to serve

Budget swap: Leave the white wine out of this recipe to cut the cost

Each serving contains

Energy
3715kj
887kcal 44%
Fat
46g 66%
Saturates
14g 69%
Sugars
14g 15%
Salt
1.8g 31%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 75.8g Protein 44.8g Fibre 5.6g

Method

First make the sauce, heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, add the onion and garlic and fry for a few minutes until softened but not coloured. Stir in the passata and white wine, if using, and set aside. Simmer the sauce for 12-15 minutes until it has thickened.
Next, make the meatballs. In a large bowl, mix the minced beef, Parmesan, garlic, egg yolk, breadcrumbs, parsley together, season then mould into 12 meatballs (roughly 50g each).
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium-low heat, add the meatballs and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, for 4-5 minutes or until browned all over. Heat the sauce and stir the meatballs into the pan. Cover and simmer, over medium heat, for a further 15 minutes, until the sauce has thickened and the meatballs are cooked through.
While the meatballs cook, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the tagilatele for 2-3 minutes until al dente. Drain and serve with the tomato meatballs, sprinkled with parsley and extra Parmesan.

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