Easy Homemade Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
User Reviews
4.9
30 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Calories
421 kcal
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Course
Main Course
Easy Homemade Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
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Quick, delicious and very child friendly these Easy Homemade Meatballs with Tomato Sauce are perfect served with spaghetti for an easy peasy midweek meal.
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Ingredients
Easy Homemade Meatballs
- 250 g beef mince
- 250 g pork mince
- ½ onion grated
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 25 g Parmesan Cheese grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Easy Tomato Sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ onion diced
- 1 clove garlic crushed or grated
- 250 ml passata (or chopped tinned tomatoes)
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil ripped or chopped roughly
- salt and pepper to taste
To serve
- Spaghetti (or your favourite pasta shape)
- Parmesan Cheese grated (or mozzarella, or cheddar)
- basil leaves
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C fan / gas mark 7 / 425F.
- Place all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and mix together thoroughly with your hands (you can do this with a wooden spoon, if you prefer, but it’s much better done with your hands!)
- Roll mixture into balls of roughly 25g (1 oz). This should make approximately 44 balls. (Tip – there’s no need to weigh every single meatball! Simply weigh out the first one, then try to make all the other balls roughly the same size by eye.)
- Place the balls on a baking tray lined with lightly greased foil and cook in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes. There’s no need to turn them.
- While the meatballs are baking in the oven, make the tomato sauce. Place the oil and diced onion in a wide saucepan or a deep frying pan (a sauté pan is ideal) and cook over a low heat with the lid on for 3 minutes, or until softened but not browned. Add the garlic and fry gently for 2 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the passata, basil, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Turn the heat down again and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the oven-baked meatballs to the sauce and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
- Serve over spaghetti and with a sprinkling of parmesan and a scatter of basil leaves.
Notes
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
421kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
94mg
(31%)
Sodium
196mg
(8%)
Potassium
683mg
(20%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
395IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
10.6mg
(12%)
Calcium
115mg
(12%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 421 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 421kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 94mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 196mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 683mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 395IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 10.6mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 115mg | 12% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.9
30 reviews
Excellent
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