meatballs in fiery tomato sauce with spaghetti

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 washer Wheat toast bread
  • 3 medium-sized onions
  • 400 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 1 TEASPOON Mustard
  • 1 TEASPOON + 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1–2 Garlic cloves
  • 5 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 1/2 Pot of basil
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 375 ml Vegetable broth
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) peeled tomatoes
  • 1 1/2-2 TEASPOONS Sambal Oelek
  • 50 g Kalamata olives
  • 300–400 g Spaghetti
  • 40 g grated parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. 1

    Soak the toast in cold water and squeeze out well. Peel onions, finely dice 1 onion. Knead minced meat, toast, egg, diced onion, mustard, 1 tsp tomato paste, 1 tsp salt and pepper well.

  2. 2

    Form about 20 meatballs with moistened hands.

  3. 3

    Dice the remaining onions. Peel garlic and chop finely. Wash thyme and basil, shake dry and pluck off the leaves. Heat the oil in a large pan, fry the meatballs in portions, turning them over and taking them out.

  4. 4

    Braise onions and garlic in hot frying fat. Add tomato paste, stock and tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes into pieces with a spatula. Add thyme, except for something to sprinkle, and season with salt and Sambal Oelek.

  5. 5

    Bring the sauce to the boil, simmer for about 5 minutes. Add meatballs and olives, cover and stew for about 10 minutes. Cook spaghetti according to package instructions. Cut basil into fine strips, except for a little bit for sprinkling.

  6. 6

    Add basil to the sauce and season with salt and sambal oelek. Arrange spaghetti and meatballs with sauce on plates. Sprinkle with parmesan and herbs.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
730 kcal
CARBS
68 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
39 g