Spaghetti with oriental tomato sauce and meatballs (basic sauce + variations)

AUTHOR
Antoine Long
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 discs Toast
  • 2 Onions
  • 350 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 TEASPOON medium hot mustard
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 TABLESPOON dried oregano
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
  • 150 ml Vegetable broth
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 400 g Spaghetti
  • 1 red chilli pepper
  • 6 Stem(s) Parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp ground cumin

Directions

  1. 1

    Soak bread in cold water. Peel and finely dice 1 onion. Squeeze the bread well. Knead minced meat, mustard, egg, salt, pepper, paprika, onion and bread with the dough hooks of the hand mixer.

  2. 2

    Form small meatballs from the chopping mass with wet hands. Put them in a cold place. Peel 1 onion and chop finely. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pot, fry onion until transparent, add bay leaf and oregano, fry briefly.

  3. 3

    Stir in the tomato paste, sweat briefly. Season with salt, pepper and paprika. Deglaze with tomatoes and stock. Mash the tomatoes a little bit in the pot, bring to the boil and let them simmer at medium heat for about 15 minutes.

  4. 4

    Then season again with salt, pepper, paprika and sugar. In the meantime, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and fry the meatballs for about 6 minutes, turning them over. Prepare pasta in boiling salted water according to instructions on the packet.

  5. 5

    In the meantime clean and wash the chillies and cut them into fine rings. Wash parsley, shake dry and cut into fine strips. Pour the noodles into a sieve, rinse briefly and drain.

  6. 6

    Add the meatballs, 3/4 of the parsley and chilli to the sauce, heat again and season with cumin. Arrange noodles and sauce on plates sprinkled with remaining parsley.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
820 kcal
CARBS
88 g
FATS
35 g
PROTEINS
36 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousFast FoodPasta