Recipes

Spaghetti & meatballs

4 Servings

Dinners

25 MIN

Prep

0-15 mins

Cook

10 MIN

Ingredients

1 400 g

Tin Heinz cream of tomato with basil soup

10 g

Olive oil

1 

Clove of garlic

40 g

Parmesan cheese

200 g

Minced beef

20 g

Breadcrumbs

1 

Egg yolk

200 g

Courgette

1 

Chopped onion

1 

Diced yellow pepper

200 g

Button mushrooms

150 g

Spaghetti

10 g

Fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Step 2

Squeeze meat from the sausage casings, discard casings. Roll into small balls, 2 tsp size. Spread meatballs in a single layer on the baking tray and cook in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden.

Step 3

While the meatballs are baking, place the tomato passata and chicken stock and Gravox Traditional gravy powder in a large saucepan over medium heat, whisk to combine. Season well with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, then simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes or until slightly reduced. Remove the meatballs from the oven and drain off excess fat. Add the meatballs to the sauce and leave to simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until the sauce thicken.

Step 4

Meanwhile cook spaghetti in a large saucepan of boiling salted water according to packet instructions, drain.

Step 5

Divide spaghetti among plates, top with some meatballs and sauce, serve with basil and Parmesan.