Stuffed meatballs with spinach and tomato vegetables

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 200 g Spinach
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 Bread rolls from the previous day
  • 500 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 100 g Feta cheese
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 250 g Tagliatelle (noodles)
  • 1 package (500 g) chunky tomatoes
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 100 g cherry tomatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Oregano

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean, wash and roughly chop the spinach. Peel and finely chop the onions. Peel garlic and press it through a garlic press. Soak the rolls in cold water. Squeeze the rolls well.

  2. 2

    Knead minced meat, half of the onion cubes, bread roll and egg. Season with salt and pepper. Cut feta into 8 cubes. Form 8 longish meatballs from the minced dough, pressing 1 feta cube in the middle of each.

  3. 3

    Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and fry the meatballs for about 10 minutes. Prepare the pasta in salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan. Fry the rest of the onion cubes and garlic in it.

  4. 4

    Add the spinach and let it collapse. Pour on chunky tomatoes and season with salt, pepper and sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes. Clean and wash the cherry tomatoes and possibly cut them in half. Add to the sauce and cook briefly.

  5. 5

    Drain the pasta and let it drain well. Arrange noodles, meatballs and spinach-tomato vegetables on plates. Garnish with oregano.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
780 kcal
CARBS
62 g
FATS
41 g
PROTEINS
43 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesMeatinexpensive