Meat balls in tomato sauce
Always cook this when I go camping in the summer but it tastes just as good made at home. Its important to get the right mix in the meatballs, so always use some fatty bacon. I like a combo of beef and pork mince, which gives it more depth and the chilli adds a kick at the end. I normally mix with penne pasta but a bed of spaghetti does the same job. Serve with grated parmesan cheese and black pepper.
Servings: people
Ingredients
- 1 whole Onion peeled & diced (£0.13)
- 2 cloves garlic minced (£0.06)
- 225 grams Pork mince (£1.13)
- 225 grams Beef mince (£1.13)
- 100 grams Bacon Smoked streaky preferably (£0.67)
- 12 grams Fresh parsley chopped (£0.24)
- 5 grams chilli powder teaspoon (£0.05)
- 5 grams Black pepper salt sprinkle (£0.16)
- Tomato sauce
- 1 Tin Tomatoes (£0.35)
- 5 grams Tomato puree teaspoon (£0.01)
- 12 grams basil leaves chopped (£0.27)
- 1 cloves garlic minced (£0.03)
- 5 ml Balsamic vinegar teaspoon (£0.03)
- 3 grams Black pepper 1/2 teaspoon (£0.10)
- 5 grams Sugar teaspoon (£0.00)
- 1 whole Onion peeled & diced (£0.13)
- 5 ml olive oil teaspoon (£0.03)
- Pasta
- 240 grams Spaghetti or other pasta (£0.14)
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Make meatballs. Fry onion until soft, then allow to cool. Add remaining ingredients and form into 12 meat balls and refrigerate. Once cooled fry in olive oil for 8 minutes until meatballs are browned on all sides and cooked through.
- Make tomato sauce. Fry onion until soft, add tomatoes, tomato puree and cook on a low heat. Throw in garlic, balsamic vinegar, sugar and basil. Get a good consistency to the sauce then season with salt & pepper.
- Toss meatballs into sauce and coat.
- Serve with pasta topped with parmesan cheese and more black pepper.
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