Pasta Meatball Bake
Pasta Meatball Bake

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pasta meatball bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ready for a meatball pasta bake? This one will feed you for days with its cheesy goodness and meatball heartiness. And we're gonna go with versatility on this one.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pasta meatball bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
  1. Take 30 grams spinach
  2. Take 210 grams Fusilli Pasta (fresh or dry)
  3. Take 70 grams Mild Cheese, grated
  4. Make ready Meatballs
  5. Get 400 grams Sausages, skin removed
  6. Make ready 250 grams Pork Mince
  7. Prepare 70 grams seasoned plain flour
  8. Take 1 tbsp Flat Leaf Parsley, finely chopped
  9. Prepare Sauce
  10. Prepare 25 grams Butter
  11. Prepare 2 tbsp Double Concentrate Tomato Puree
  12. Get 400 grams Tinned Chopped Tomatoes
  13. Take 1 Pepper, sliced
  14. Take 2 Shallots, finely diced
  15. Prepare 2 clove of Garlic, crushed
  16. Make ready 3 Basil Leaves, roughly chopped
  17. Prepare 1/2 Chilli Pepper, sliced finely
  18. Get 1 tbsp olive oil

Try the easy recipe for dinner today. 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. This meatball pasta bake is a super-easy family meal that uses a small amount meat but lots of veg.

Steps to make Pasta Meatball Bake:
  1. Pre heat an oven to 190°C / 170°C fan.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Remove the meatballs, take the sauce off the heat and add the spinach and pasta.
  6. Pour the pasta into a suitable dish. Place the meatballs on top and cover in the cheese.
  7. Place in the oven and cook until the cheese has melted.
  8. Serve

Swap the homemade meatballs for ready-made if you like. 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. In the mood for a comforting Meatball Pasta Bake Recipe? This Swedish meatball pasta bake is a take on the classic Swedish meatball dish that you love!

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