Slow-Cooked Pork Meatballs & Supergreens
with Spaghetti & Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
- Gluten
- Wheat
- Eggs
- Milk
- Soy
- May contain traces of allergens
- Eggs
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!
Ingredients
1 packet
pork mince
1 sachet
Italian herbs
1 sachet
vegetable stock powder
1 packet
Fine Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)
1 punnet
snacking tomatoes
1 box
passata
1 sachet
garlic & herb seasoning
1 packet
spaghetti
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy, Eggs.)
1 bag
kale & spinach
1 packet
Parmesan cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
Not included in your delivery
olive oil
1
egg
(Contains: Eggs;)
¼ tsp
salt
⅓ cup
water
20 g
butter
(Contains: Milk;)
½ tbs
brown sugar
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Divide spaghetti and sauce between bowls. • Top with slow-cooked pork meatballs and super greens. • Sprinkle with shaved Parmesan cheese to serve. Enjoy!
