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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pasta meatball bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
- Make ready 30 grams spinach
- Get 210 grams Fusilli Pasta (fresh or dry)
- Prepare 70 grams Mild Cheese, grated
- Prepare Meatballs
- Get 400 grams Sausages, skin removed
- Take 250 grams Pork Mince
- Take 70 grams seasoned plain flour
- Get 1 tbsp Flat Leaf Parsley, finely chopped
- Get Sauce
- Take 25 grams Butter
- Get 2 tbsp Double Concentrate Tomato Puree
- Make ready 400 grams Tinned Chopped Tomatoes
- Get 1 Pepper, sliced
- Take 2 Shallots, finely diced
- Get 2 clove of Garlic, crushed
- Make ready 3 Basil Leaves, roughly chopped
- Take 1/2 Chilli Pepper, sliced finely
- Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
In the mood for a comforting Meatball Pasta Bake Recipe? Easy beef and pork meatballs in a simple tomato sauce, tossed with penne pasta and baked to gooey perfection. This easy one-pan pasta bake is sure to become a family favorite. What starts as a basic pasta and meatballs dinner turns into a family-favorite casserole that's easy to throw.
Instructions to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
- Pre heat an oven to 190°C / 170°C fan.
- For the Meatballs: In a bowl, mix the pork mince, sausage meat and parsley, mashing with the back of a fork to help tenderise the mince. Take approximately 1/2tbsp of the mixture and shape into a ball. Roll this in the flour and set to one side. You should be able to get approximately 20 meatballs. Select how many you want to serve per person (6 works well) and freeze the rest. Place the meatballs you wish to use in the fridge to chill for 30mins.
- For the sauce: Heat the oil in a heat proof dish and brown the meatballs. - Reduce the hear to low, remove the meatballs and add the butter to gently heat. - Add the garlic and shallots and sweat down for 2-3mins. Add the pepper and chilli and cook for a further 2mins. - Stir in the puree. - Stir in the tinned tomatoes, heat the sauce till bubbling. Reduce the heat to simmer and add the basil. - Add back the meatballs and cook for 35-40mins.
- Part cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water (the best thing to do is aim for 2/3rds of the cooking time). Drain out most of the water and leave to one side.
- Remove the meatballs, take the sauce off the heat and add the spinach and pasta.
- Pour the pasta into a suitable dish. Place the meatballs on top and cover in the cheese.
- Place in the oven and cook until the cheese has melted.
- Serve
This Cheesy Meatball Pasta Bake Recipe is one your family is going to absolutely LOVE. This meatball pasta bake is a super-easy family meal that uses a small amount meat but lots of veg. Swap the homemade meatballs for ready-made if you like. Orange juice and fennel give this quick Meatball Pasta Bake supper bright, fresh flavor. Chop fennel as you would an onion, or omit it, if desired.
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