Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pasta and meatballs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Serve pasta with a healthy scoop of meatballs and sauce. A wicked meatball recipe from Jamie Oliver. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of cooking water.
Pasta and meatballs is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pasta and meatballs is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pasta and meatballs using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta and meatballs:
- Make ready meatball
- Get 1 large onion finely chop 1/3 and roughly chop the other 2/3 and set aside for sauce
- Make ready 500 grams ground beef or whatever meat you're using
- Take 1 slice white bread made into breadcrumbs in a food processor or use a crust of bread and grate it
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Get 1 large egg
- Take 1 tbsp herb or spice of choice, I used basil and oregano. your spices/herbs should total 1 tblsp, be careful and use less if you're using chilli powder - 1 tsp is enough
- Get basic tomato sauce
- Get 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 2/3 onion roughly chopped (saved from making meatballs)
- Get 2 clove garlic finely chopped or pressed
- Take 400 grams chopped canned tomatoes in juice or use fresh tomatoes chopped sprinkled with the salt and sugar and left to sit and ooze their juices for about half an hour (skins will come off during cooking so if you don't want them you can skim them off at that point
- Take 2 cup water to add during cooking to keep the sauce loose and ensure it does not burn, it will evaporate during the cooking process
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Get 2 tsp granulated sugar
- Get 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1 tbsp basil & oregano or a herb/spice to complement those you have used in the meatball
- Prepare 1 cup red wine (optional) i used Chianti to keep this dish Italian
I made meatballs from scratch and flavored them with Dijon mustard! I used Pappardelle for meatballs and pasta here. Place pasta on dinner plates and top with meatballs and sauce. Carbohydrate avoidance be damned: pasta with meatballs is the perfect culinary counter to the cruel world.
Steps to make Pasta and meatballs:
- Heat oven to 200º
- Put all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly. I'm making a tomato sauce so any herb or spice can be used. You can also change the meat - try pork mince with a touch of cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of apple sauce or lamb mince with 1 tablespoon of ketchup and 1 tablespoon mint jelly.
- With wet hands to stop the meat sticking, form 16 balls, the size of a golf ball
- Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and evenly space the meatballs. As they cook the fat will run off the paper to the tray underneath and the balls will not sit in fat
- Put tray in centre of oven and bake for 30 minutes
- Now to make the tomato sauce
- Put the oil into a saute pan and warm through, add the onions and gently fry until they become transparent
- Add the garlic and stir it in for about a minute - You want to allow the oils to come out of the garlic and flavour the dish, but you do NOT want it to burn
- Now add the tomatoes and bring it up to a fast simmer over a low heat - stir regularly and add water in to stop the sauce thickening too much and also to stop it from burning
- Add all of the seasonings - salt, pepper, sugar, herbs/spices and stir in. Allow the sauce a few minutes to simmer then add the wine if you're using it, otherwise keep simmering and adding the water for another 10 minutes
- At this point you have a basic tomato sauce, I'm going to blend mine into a puree, but you can leave it chunky and add in thick cut vegetables during the simmering time such as courgette and red pepper. Or if you like just a nice rustic sauce to serve with your pasta then whilst cooking the onion add chunks of chorizo and lardons (chunks of bacon) then vegetables at the simmering stage
- Choose your pasta - I prefer spaghetti but the children like fusilli - you can use any pasta of your choice
- Drain your cooked pasta and either pour in the sauce and set it over a low heat to allow the pasta to absorb the liquids from the sauce and add the meatballs whilst stirring gently to ensure there is no sticking or pile up your pasta, arrange your meatballs and pour over the sauce
- It's even better with a little fresh grated parmesan cheese either on the top of the dish or stirred into the plain pasta before serving
Spaghetti and Meatballs- learn to make meatballs for spaghetti, and even get the kids involved with Served over a bed of spaghetti with hearty marinara sauce, this pasta favorite is guaranteed to please. The meatballs are made from ground beef and Italian sausage, served with a sauce with mushrooms, onions, basil, and Parmesan. Spaghetti and meatballs is such a comfort food classic! Gently stir, adding pasta cooking liquid by the tablespoonful as needed, until sauce coats pasta. The cooks at Epicurious tested and tasted until they found what they think is The One Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe to rule them all.
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