When is a sausage not a sausage? When you turn it into something that both you and the kids love!!! I saw this recipe in the current edition of Delicious Magazine - and knew straight away that it would be a winner with "The Darlings". Of course I have "tweaked" it a little - as I usually do!!! Here is what we ended up with!
Italian Pork Meatballs
Adapted from Delicious Magazine - March Edition
Serves 6
1kg Pork, Sage and Onion Sausages
2 tbs each oregano and rosemary
120g fresh breadcrumbs
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
2 x 700g bottles passata
red wine
2-3 tbs tomato paste
1 tbs TM vegetable stock concentrate
500g dried spaghetti
handful of fresh basil, chopped
Parmesan and crumbled fetta to serve
Place the breadcrumbs in the Thermomix bowl - process for 10 seconds on speed 8. Place in a bowl. To the TM bowl add the onion, garlic, oregano and rosemary, process fro 3 seconds on speed 7, scrape down bowl and repeat until processed to your liking. Squeeze the meat from the sausages into the TM bowl along with the chopped herbs/onion. Add the breadcrumbs and process on Interval speed, closed lid position, for 2 minutes.
Taking small spoonfuls, make meatballs approximately the size of walnuts. Allow to sit for 20 minutes in the fridge to firm up.
Heat a frypan to medium high heat, and brown the meatballs in batches, until they are slightly golden.
Place in a large saucepan, add the passata (now here is what I did - I added a good slug of red wine to the passata bottle to ensure I got it all from the bottle - so this is not an exact science!!) Add the tomato paste, and the stock concentrate. Season with salt and pepper, and basil. Simmer for 10 - 15 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through. In the meantime cook your pasta, drain well.
Add the cooked pasta to the meatballs and sauce.
Serve with crumbled fetta, and or grated parmesan cheese.
One of "The Darlings" said to me "Mum, this is the best meal ever - Only one thing would have made it better - your garlic bread!! (Sorry, didn't have time for that today - perhaps next time!!!) Music to my ears!!!
So the humble sausage had a makeover, and turned itself into a family friendly Italian Meatballs dish that had everyone coming back for seconds!!!
Italian Pork Meatballs
Adapted from Delicious Magazine - March Edition
Serves 6
1kg Pork, Sage and Onion Sausages
2 tbs each oregano and rosemary
120g fresh breadcrumbs
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
2 x 700g bottles passata
red wine
2-3 tbs tomato paste
1 tbs TM vegetable stock concentrate
500g dried spaghetti
handful of fresh basil, chopped
Parmesan and crumbled fetta to serve
Place the breadcrumbs in the Thermomix bowl - process for 10 seconds on speed 8. Place in a bowl. To the TM bowl add the onion, garlic, oregano and rosemary, process fro 3 seconds on speed 7, scrape down bowl and repeat until processed to your liking. Squeeze the meat from the sausages into the TM bowl along with the chopped herbs/onion. Add the breadcrumbs and process on Interval speed, closed lid position, for 2 minutes.
Taking small spoonfuls, make meatballs approximately the size of walnuts. Allow to sit for 20 minutes in the fridge to firm up.
Heat a frypan to medium high heat, and brown the meatballs in batches, until they are slightly golden.
Place in a large saucepan, add the passata (now here is what I did - I added a good slug of red wine to the passata bottle to ensure I got it all from the bottle - so this is not an exact science!!) Add the tomato paste, and the stock concentrate. Season with salt and pepper, and basil. Simmer for 10 - 15 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through. In the meantime cook your pasta, drain well.
Add the cooked pasta to the meatballs and sauce.
Serve with crumbled fetta, and or grated parmesan cheese.
One of "The Darlings" said to me "Mum, this is the best meal ever - Only one thing would have made it better - your garlic bread!! (Sorry, didn't have time for that today - perhaps next time!!!) Music to my ears!!!
So the humble sausage had a makeover, and turned itself into a family friendly Italian Meatballs dish that had everyone coming back for seconds!!!
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