Jun 19, 2012

Spaghetti with meatballs and sauce

Spaghetti with Meatballs

Serves: 4
Preparation: 45 mins

400g beef mince
olive oil for cooking
1 tablespoon oregano
1 spring onion or quarter a white onion chopped finely
750g quality tomato passata
1/2 beef stock cube
1 teaspoon of wostershire sauce
1 egg
1 small teaspoon of chopped italian parsley
approx 1/2 cup bread crumbs (not too dry preferable)

200g spaghetti

Place your tomato passata into a large saucepan and slowly heat. Add a little salt and half a beef stock cube. Let heat up to a simmer.

In a separate bowl prepare the meatballs by placing meat,oregano, parsley,onion,wostershire sauce,egg and breadcrumbs together. Mix up evenly and form small little balls placing them one by one into a frypan with some olive oil.



Cook them until they are brown on the outside.  Then place the balls into the simmering sauce.


Let them cook in the sauce with a lid on slightly ajar while in another pot cook the spaghetti as per pack instructions.


Strain pasta when ready and combine with sauce and balls



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