Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Italian Meatballs & Tomato Sauce with Pasta

By the wlr team

This pasta dish is an Italian classic... healthy, high protein and provides you with 3 of your 5 a day.

  • Recipe makes: 1 serving
  • Prep time:
    10 mins
  • Cook time: 40 mins
  • Calories: 559
    per serving

Ingredients

  • 10g red onions
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ½ tsp olive oil
  • 227g chopped tomatoes
  • ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
  • ¼ tsp light sugar
  • 75g lean pork mince
  • 84g lean beef steak mince
  • ¼ tsp dried oregano
  • 10g dry breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp grated parmesan
  • 50g dry pasta shells

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Method

  1. Finely chop the onion and crush the garlic.
  2. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and gently cook half the onion and half the garlic until softened.
  3. Add the tomatoes, mixed herbs and a pinch of sugar and simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
  4. Mix the minced pork and beef together in a roomy bowl. Add the rest of the finely chopped onion, crushed garlic, oregano, breadcrumbs and Parmesan and mix well. Roll into small meatballs, about the size of a walnut.
  5. After simmering the tomato sauce for 20 minutes, place the meatballs into the tomato sauce and simmer gently for a further 15-20 minutes, depending on the size of your meatballs. These need to be cooked right through and no longer pink in the middle.
  6. While the meatballs are cooking, prepare the pasta following package directions, omitting any suggested fat or salt.

Serve the pasta topped with meatballs in tomato sauce, with steamed green beans on the side.

If you like Pasta and Italian cuisine, why not try some of our other favourite low calorie Pasta Recipes:

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Nutrition information per serving
Calories (kcal)559
Carbohydrate (g)55.5
Fat (g)16.3
Protein (g)47.1
Fibre (g)3.6
Alcohol (g)0.0
Fruit & Veg3.1

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