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Slow-Cooked Pork Meatballs & Supergreens
Slow-Cooked Pork Meatballs & Supergreens

Slow-Cooked Pork Meatballs & Supergreens

with Spaghetti & Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

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Change what you know about meatballs by adding kale and spinach to your mixture for an easy flavour boost. Served with a slow-cooked cherry tomato sauce on top of spaghetti (and we haven’t forgotten the cheese!), this is an Italian-inspired bowl everyone will love!

Allergens:
Gluten
Wheat
Celery
Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.

Preparation Time1 hour 25 minutes
Cooking Time10 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

Kale & Spinach

1 sachet

Garlic & Herb Seasoning

1 packet

Spaghetti

(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Eggs, Soy.)

1 sachet

Vegetable Stock Powder

(Contains: Celery;)

1 packet

Passata

1 packet

Fine Breadcrumbs

(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)

1 packet

Snacking Tomatoes

1 packet

Parmesan Cheese

(Contains: Milk;)

250 g

Pork Mince

1 sachet

Italian Herbs

g

Beef Mince

Nutritional Values

Calories718 kcal
Energy (kJ)3010 kJ
Fat20.5 g
of which saturates8.6 g
Carbohydrate85.9 g
of which sugars9.4 g
Dietary Fibre8.3 g
Protein42.8 g
Sodium1300 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

Baking Dish
Saucepan

Cooking Steps

Bake the meatballs
1

• Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. • In a medium bowl, combine pork mince, Italian herbs, vegetable stock powder, fine breadcrumbs and the egg. • Using damp hands, roll heaped spoonfuls of pork 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. • Meanwhile, halve snacking tomatoes.

Make it saucy
2

• Remove baking dish from oven, then add tomatoes, passata, garlic & herb seasoning, the salt, the 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. Bake, uncovered, until sauce is slightly thickened, a further 10-15 minutes.

3

• When the meatballs are baking uncovered, bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. • Cook spaghetti in the boiling water until ‘al dente’, 10 minutes. • When the 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 pan. • When the meatballs are ready, transfer to a plate. Gently stir kale & spinach leaves and spaghetti through baking dish with the sauce. Season to taste.

TIP: If needed, loosen the pasta sauce by stirring through a splash of water.

4

• Divide spaghetti and sauce between bowls. • Top with slow-cooked pork meatballs and super greens. • Sprinkle with shaved Parmesan cheese to serve. Enjoy!

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