Herby Italian meatballs with primavera sauce
Herby spaghetti and meatballs recipes
4 - 6
Serves
15 mins
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
Recipe author
Sophie Gray
This basic meatball mixture is perfect for spaghetti and meatballs, simply team up with your favourite pasta sauce.
Cooks tip: Primavera sauce freezes well, make double and freeze half. Freeze left over passata to use on a pizza base or enrich a casserole.
This recipe shines when courgettes are plentiful during October - April. If they aren't in season subsititute for other vegetables you have on hand.
This basic meatball mixture is perfect for spaghetti and meatballs, simply team up with your favourite pasta sauce.
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Ingredients
Meatballs
500g Quality Mark beef mince
1/2 onion
finely chopped
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Primavera sauce
1/2 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion
chopped
2 garlic cloves
crushed
1 courgette
finely chopped
1 green capsicum
chopped
1 celery stalk
finely sliced
500ml tomato passata
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1 Tbsp tomato paste
1/3 tsp white sugar
1/3 tsp dried oregano
1/3 tsp salt
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/3 tsp parsley
chopped
To serve
pasta
cooked according to packet instructions
Method
To Make
1
In a frying pan heat the oil and add the onion, garlic, courgette, capsicum and celery.
2
Cook gently until the vegetables are tender.
3
While the vegetables are cooking assemble the meatballs.
4
Combine the meatball ingredients and roll into balls.
5
Bake or grill until cooked.
6
When the vegetables are tender add the passata, tomato paste, sugar, oregano, and salt and pepper and simmer gently.
7
When the meatballs are cooked add them to the sauce and keep heated until ready to serve.
8
Serve with cooked pasta, I prefer spaghetti and top with chopped parsley.
Nutrition Information per Serving (418g)
This dish is packed with iron, zinc and vitamin B12 contributing to immunity and energy levels.
Energy
2009kJ (480 kcal)
Protein
36.7g
Total Fat
11g
Saturated Fat
4.1g
Carbs
56g
Dietary Fibre
g
Sodium
570mg
Iron
5.3mg
Zinc
6.1mg
Vitamin B12
1.5µg
