Pork Meatball & Rainbow Veg Pasta Party

Name: Pork Meatball & Rainbow Veg Pasta Party with Parmesan Confetti
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 Baby Broccoli; 1 Beetroot; 1 packet Fine Breadcrumbs; 1 Carrot; 1 packet Parmesan Cheese; 1 packet Penne; 250 g Pork Mince; 1 sachet Aussie Spice Blend; 1 Tomato Sugo; 1 drizzle olive oil; 1 piece egg; 20 g butter; 1 tsp brown sugar

with Parmesan Confetti

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Turn mealtime into a colourful adventure! Kids can dive into their own meatball pasta bowl and enjoy some rainbow roast veggies and Parmesan cheese to tie it all together. It’s fun, hands-on and packed with veggie power!

Tags:

Kid Friendly

Allergens:

Gluten

•Wheat

•Milk

•Eggs

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 Time30 minutes

Cooking Time20 minutes

DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

1

Baby Broccoli

1

Beetroot

1 packet

Fine Breadcrumbs

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

1

Carrot

1 packet

Parmesan Cheese

(Contains: Milk;)

1 packet

Penne

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

250 g

Pork Mince

1 sachet

Aussie Spice Blend

1

Tomato Sugo

(May be present: Gluten, Wheat.)

Not included in your delivery

1 drizzle

olive oil

1 piece

egg

(Contains: Eggs;)

20 g

butter

(Contains: Milk;)

1 tsp

brown sugar

Nutritional Values

Calories908 kcal

Energy (kJ)3800 kJ

Fat35 g

of which saturates14.7 g

Carbohydrate97.7 g

of which sugars23 g

Dietary Fibre10.7 g

Protein49.8 g

Sodium1360 mg

The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

•Baking Sheet with Baking Paper

•Stor kastrull

•Large Frying Pan

Cooking Steps

1

Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. Trim baby broccoli. Cut beetroot into 1cm chunks. Cut carrot into bite-sized chunks.
Place beetroot and carrot on a lined oven tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Toss to coat. Roast until tender, 25-30 minutes.
When beetroot has 15 minutes remaining, place baby broccoli on a second lined oven tray. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat.
Arrange cut-side down and roast until tender, 15-18 minutes.

TIP: Beetroot stays firm when cooked. It's done when you can pierce it with a fork.

2

While veggies are roasting, half-fill a large saucepan with water, add a generous pinch of salt, then bring to the boil over high heat.
Cook penne in boiling water until ‘al dente’, 12 minutes.
Reserve pasta water (1/4 cup for 2 people / 1/2 cup for 4 people). Drain penne, then return to saucepan with a drizzle of olive oil.

Little cooks: Older kids, help add the pasta to the saucepan under adult supervision. Be careful, the water is boiling!

3

While pasta is boiling, in a medium bowl, combine pork mince, fine breadcrumbs, Aussie spice blend, the egg and a pinch of salt.
Using damp hands, roll heaped spoonfuls of pork mixture into small meatballs (4-5 per person). Transfer to a plate.

Little cooks: Join the fun by helping combine the ingredients and shaping the mixture into meatballs! Make sure to wash your hands well afterwards.

4

In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over medium-high heat.
Add meatballs, turning, until browned and cooked through, 8-10 minutes (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded).

5

Return the saucepan to medium-low heat, add tomato sugo, cooked penne, the butter, brown sugar and reserved pasta water, stirring, until heated through and combined, 2-3 minutes.

Little cooks: Help pour in the sugo under adult supervision.

6