Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, smokey meatball pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Smoky Meatballs in a tangy tomato sauce, baked together with rigatoni pasta and topped with lots of bubbling melted cheese. If you're looking for a meal that the whole family will demolish, this Smoky Meatball Pasta Bake from Ciara at My Fussy Eater is just the thing! Ready for a meatball pasta bake?
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook smokey meatball pasta bake using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake:
- Get Meatballs
- Take 500 g Beef Mince
- Prepare 100 g Fresh Breadcrumbs
- Get 2 tsp Wholegrain Mustard
- Get 1 tbsp Ketchup
- Make ready 1 tsp Garlic powder
- Prepare 2 tsp Oregano
- Get Salt
- Make ready Pepper
- Get 1 tbsp Rapeseed Oil
- Get Sauce
- Prepare 1 Small Onion (diced)
- Prepare 2 Carrots (grated)
- Get 2 Garlic Cloves (crushed)
- Take Chopped Tomatoes 400g Tin
- Get 4 tbsp Tomatoes Puree
- Prepare 200 ml red wine
- Prepare 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- Take 1 Star Anise (Whole)
- Get To Finish
- Make ready 400 g Pasta
- Get 100 g Oak Smoked Cheddar
- Prepare 100 g Mature Cheddar (grated)
So easy to make and even more delicious to eat! After trying this meatball pasta bake you'll never have to wonder 'what to serve with meatballs for dinner?' ever again! This halloumi pasta bake is utterly incredible. It's filling, full of a perfect blend of firm and gooey textures, and it's busting with tomatoey tang.
Steps to make Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake:
- For the meatballs, add all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine with a fork. Using your hands form into balls, mine were around 30-40g each, just smaller than a golf ball. In a large, deep frying pan add the oil and bring up to a medium high heat. Seal the meatballs and remove from the pan. Reduce the heat to medium. Add a large pan of salted water and bring to the boil… ready for your pasta later.
- For the sauce add the onions, carrot, garlic and star anise to the same pan. Fry these ingredients until they start to brown around 5 - 10 minutes, adding a little more oil if needed. Next, add the redwine and deglaze the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. This is a good time to add your pasta to you boiling water. Also preheat your oven to 200c.
- Add the smoked paprika, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree to your frynimg pan and cook for 10 mins on a medium high heat. Keep working the sides and bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. The sauce should be darker in colour which signals its ready for the final step. You can add a splash of pasta water to loosen up the sauce if needed.
- Drain your cooked pasta and add to your sauce along with your meatballs. Mix together to coat everything in your sauce. Top with the cheeses and set im the oven for 20 mins until golden brown on top.
The bittersweet smoked paprika adds a gorgeously warm and smokey dimension to the pasta. It smells divine and tastes wonderful. This cheesy, meatball pasta bake will leave the entire family with full stomachs and smiles on their faces. Try the easy recipe for dinner today. Top tip for making Meatball pasta bake.
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