Tagliatelle with orange and tomato sauce with spicy ginger meatballs

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
25 mins
TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
  • 400 g Tagliatelle Noodles
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 1 untreated orange
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 hazelnut-sized piece of fresh ginger
  • 6-8 Stem(s) Parsley
  • 1 TABLESPOON Breadcrumbs
  • 200 g mixed minced meat

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and finely chop the onion. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a saucepan. Sauté diced onion in it. Add 1 tbsp. tomato paste and sauté. Add the tomatoes, chop a little, bring to the boil and let it boil down for about 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Prepare the pasta in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Rinse orange with hot water and rub dry. Peel the skin in thin slices. Squeeze 1 orange half. Add orange juice and zests to the sauce.

  3. 3

    Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Peel ginger and chop finely. Wash parsley, dab dry and cut into fine strips, except for a little to garnish. Add the parsley, 1 tbsp. tomato paste and breadcrumbs to the mince and mix.

  4. 4

    Season minced meat with ginger, salt and pepper. Shape the minced meat into about 16 small balls. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Fry the meatballs for about 5 minutes while turning them over. Add the meatballs to the sauce.

  5. 5

    Drain the pasta, mix with the sauce, arrange and decorate with parsley and orange zest.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
610 kcal
CARBS
82 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
25 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousPasta