Pasta Meatball Bake

Steps Making Recipes Pasta Meatball Bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps

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You can cook Pasta Meatball Bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients make Pasta Meatball Bake

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

Pasta Meatball Bake instructions

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.

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