“Meatballs are fantastic! They’re perfect like this, with a one-minute homemade tomato sauce and spaghetti”. Well, if this what the chief of the food ministry, Jamie Olliver has to say about Spaghetti Meatballs. We guess, we’ll just zip it and eat it as this is such a dish that against which no voice have been raised by far. Plus the sphagetti meatballs recipe comes from his very own kitchen so don’t complaint ever!
In a tangy tomato sauce, the Spaghetti with meatballs taste as good as it sounds. Infact this is also our Hancock’s favorite! Remember when Charlize Theron spots him making spaghetti with meatballs? Yes? Good. So, go make this a tradition, make it into a fixed weeknight chow, make it a Saturday night TV dinner. An easy spaghetti meatballs recipe can never disappoint you.
Oh and yes, you can also slurp it with polenta or freshly baked bread. Take a look..
Ingredients:
- 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 12 Jacob’s cream crackers
- 2 heaped teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 500g good-quality minced beef, pork, or a mixture of the two
- 1 heaped tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 large egg, preferably free-range or organic
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- olive oil
- a bunch of fresh basil
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ a fresh or dried red chilli
- 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 400g dried spaghetti or penne
- Parmesan cheese, for grating
Procedure:
Make -
- Finely chop rosemary leaves and smash the crackers in a teatowel or poly bag until fine.
- Add it to a mixing bowl and add mustard, minced meat, rosemary and dried oregano. Give it a dash of salt and pepper.
- Now, mix them well with your hands, divide into 20 small balls, drizzle with olive oil and set aside until needed.
Cook -
- Put a large pan of salted water and cook your pasta.
- In a large wok or a fry pan, heat about 2 lugs of olive oil.
- Pick the basil and keep ready. Finely chop onion and garlic and keep aside. When the oil is hot, pour onion and fry until light brown.
- Now add garlic, followed by basil leaves. Stir for a minute and add tomatoes and balsamic vinegar.
- Let this cook for about 15 minutes in sim till it becomes a puree.
- Boil and season to taste.
- In another frying pan pour two lugs of olive oil and fry your meatballs. They should be fried golden, without cracks. Cracks will bloat up while in the sauce and will break.
Assemble -
- In a bowl, arrange pasta, arrange two meatballs in each serving and ladle tomato sauce.
- Serve warm with basil and grated parmesan.
Category :
Non-vegetarian Recipes
