Sunday, March 23, 2008

Meatball Spaghetti


Serves 2.

Pasta
200g spaghetti
olive oil
salt

Sauce [cheat]
1/2 bottle tomato based pasta sauce of your choice (i used Leggo's Bolognese with mushroom)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 brown onion, chopped
1/4 stick medium carrot, grated
olive oil

Meatballs
250g minced meat of choice (i used beef)
1/4 cup bread crumbs
2 tbsp milk
1/4 stick medium carrot, grated
1 egg
1/2 brown onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
dash of parsley
dash of oregano
dash of salt and pepper

Directions:
1) Boil spaghetti with hot water for 10 mins. Rinse with cold water. Drain. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss. Set aside.
2) Sauteed onions and garlic with olive oil. Add carrots. Toss. Add in tomato based sauce, bring to a boil. simmer on low heat. Cover.
3) For meatballs, mixed all the above ingredients until it forms a consistent paste. using 2 tablespoons, shape mixture into a ball and pan-fry with olive oil. Brown all sides. Place meatballs in simmering sauce. and cover for 5 minutes.
4) Using the same pan from frying the meatballs, toss cooked spaghetti from (1). Pour in meatballs and sauce. Toss.
5) Serve with parmesan cheese and basil leaf (which i sadly do not have hence the plain presentation :P).

really easy! try it :)

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