Change what you know about lamb meatballs by adding spinach to your mixture for an easy flavour boost. Served with a slow-cooked tomato sauce on top of al dente pasta (and we haven’t forgotten the cheese!), this is an Italian-inspired bowl everyone will love!
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1 sachet
Vegetable Stock Powder
1 sachet
Garlic & Herb Seasoning
1 packet
Fettuccine
(Contains: Wheat, Gluten; May be present: Soy.)
500 g
Lamb Mince
1 packet
Baby Spinach Leaves
1 packet
Fine Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)
1 packet
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
1 sachet
Italian Herbs
1 packet
Passata
1
Tomato
⅓ cup
Water
1 piece
egg
(Contains: Eggs;)
½ tbs
brown sugar
1 drizzle
olive oil
¼ tsp
salt
• Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. In a medium bowl, combine beef mince, Italian herbs, vegetable stock powder, fine breadcrumbs and the egg. Using damp hands, roll heaped spoonfuls of the mixture into small meatballs (4-5 per person). Transfer to a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil,
gently turning to coat.
• Bake meatballs until lightly browned, 10-15 minutes. Cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded.
• Meanwhile, roughly chop tomato.
Little cooks: Join the fun by helping combine the ingredients and shaping the mixture into meatballs! Make sure to wash your hands well afterwards.
• Remove baking dish from oven, then add tomato, passata, garlic & herb seasoning, the salt, water, butter and brown sugar. Turn meatballs to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil.
• Reduce oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Return meatballs to the oven and bake until tomatoes are softened, a further 50-55 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Uncover, then gently stir meatballs and sauce. Return to the oven. Bake, uncovered, until sauce is slightly thickened, a further 10-15 minutes.
• While the meatballs are baking uncovered, bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Cook fettuccine in the boiling water until 'al dente', 11 minutes.
• When pasta is ready, reserve some pasta water (1/4 cup for 2 people / 1/2 cup for 4 people), then drain pasta and return to saucepan.
• When the meatballs are ready, transfer to a plate. Gently stir baby spinach leaves and fettuccine through the sauce in the baking dish. Season to taste.
• Divide fettuccine and sauce between bowls.
• Top with slow-cooked Italian beef meatballs.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve. Enjoy!