Meatball Pasta Bake
by Sainsbury's
Hearty and warming, with a pasta bake and meatballs you can't go wrong! In this recipe Sainsbury's make the meatballs using a ready made roasting herb kit from the Inspired To Cook range.' This recipe is part of Sainsbury's Feed Your Family For A Fiver campaign, a selection of recipes that have been designed to cost under £5 based on a family of 4 adults. Items subject to availability, excludes Locals. Prices valid for 3 weeks. Items per kg varies at checkout. Where items are in Aldi Price Match Sainsbury's reserve the right to substitute comparable items/remove recipes from promotion. Where whole packs are not used in recipe, full pack price is included in calculation. Calculation based on customers owning cooking oil. For more info on Aldi Price Match sainsburys.com/aldipricematch
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Peel and finely chop half of the onion and grate the rest. Pick the leaves from the herb mix and finely chop. In a large bowl mix the grated onion half with the crushed garlic clove, the beef mince, half of the chopped herbs and some black pepper. Once the mixture is well combined, mould it into roughly 5 small meatballs per person.
Step 2
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and in batches, fry the meatballs so that they are browned all over (they do not need to be cooked through at this point). Set aside on a plate.
Step 3
In the same pan, heat the vegetable oil and add the remaining chopped onion. Sweat for 5 minutes until softened and then stir through the remaining crushed garlic and herbs. Cook for a further minute and then add the chopped tomatoes along with 200ml water (if cooking for 4). Simmer for 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and reduced.
Step 4
Meanwhile cook the fusilli for 5 minutes in boiling water (keeping it very al dente as will be cooked further in the oven). Preheat the oven to 180C.
Step 5
Stir the meatballs into the tomato sauce, adding a splash of the pasta water if it is too thick and bring back up to a simmer. Drain the pasta and tip into an oven proof dish, pour over the sauce and meatballs and mix well. Tear up the mozzarella and scatter over the top. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is melted, golden and bubbling.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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1 tbsp Vegetable Oil 1x Sainsbury's Vegetable Oil 1L -
500g Beef Mince 1x Sainsbury's British or Irish 20% Fat Beef Mince 500g -
3 Garlic Cloves 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
400g Chopped Tomatoes 1x Stamford Street Co. Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice 400g -
1 Roasting Herb Kit 1x Sainsbury's Roasting Herb Mix, Inspired to Cook 30g -
400g Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta 1x Sainsbury's Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta 500g -
125g Mozzarella 1x Stamford Street Co. Mozzarella Cheese Ball 125g -
1 Onion 1x Sainsbury's Onions Loose -
Maldon Salt, to taste 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g