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One-Pot Spicy Meatball Pasta served in a cast iron pan with sprinkled chopped parsley on top for garnish, with garlic bread served on the side on a grey Parmesan cheese with a silver grater, black spoon to serve the food and dry balls of tagliatelle in the background of the picture
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One Pot Spicy Meatball Pasta

A quick and easy midweek meal idea, this one-pot spicy meatball pasta recipe will be cooked and ready to serve to the family in only 30 minutes.
How to make your own homemade Italian tomato pasta sauce. With garlic, chilli and herbs added to give a nice hot kick to spice up your beef meatballs.
Can be made with spaghetti, tagliatelle or any other pasta shapes.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
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Yield: 4 people
Calories: 494kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 12 Meatballs we used ready-made from the supermarket but you can make own if preferred
  • 1 Onion chopped finely
  • 80 grams Chorizo cubed
  • 1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar or Red Wine Vinegar / Sherry Vinegar
  • 4 cloves Garlic crushed
  • 1 tablespoon Sundried Tomato Puree or Regular Tomato Puree
  • 1-2 Chilli Peppers finely chopped
  • 400 grams Chopped Tomatoes tinned
  • 500 ml Boiling Water
  • 250 grams Spaghetti or Tagliatelle or any other pasta shape
  • 2 teaspoon Mixed Herbs
  • Black Pepper & Salt to taste

to serve

  • Parmesan Cheese
  • Parsley chopped

Instructions

  • Warm 2 tablespoon Olive oil over medium heat in a large pan. Add 12 Meatballs and stir to brown on the outside. It should take about 5 minutes. (do not need to be cooked through at this point)
    Beef meatballs cooking in olive oil in a grey cast iron pan
  • Meanwhile dice 1 Onion cut 80 grams Chorizo into cubes. Fry with meatballs for 5 mins
    Meatballs, chopped onions and chopped chorizo cooking in olive oil in a grey cast iron pan
  • Use 1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar to deglaze the pan, scraping all the delicious meatball goodness off the bottom of the pan.
    Pouring in sherry vinegar into the middle of the cast iron pan to deglaze the pan where the meatballs,onions and chopped chorizo are cooking
  • Finely chop 1-2 Chilli Peppers, crush 4 cloves Garlic and add 1 tablespoon Sundried Tomato Puree2 teaspoon Mixed Herbsand stir together.
    Mixed herbs, chilli puree, garlic puree and sundried tomato puree be placed on top of the cooking meatballs,onions and chorizo in a cast iron pan
  • Add 400 grams Chopped Tomatoes and season with Black Pepper & Salt.
    Pouring a can of chopped tomatoes over the Spicy Meatballs cooking in a grey cast iron dish
  • Add 250 grams Spaghetti or Tagliatelle into the sauce, pour 500 ml Boiling Water over the pasta and bring to the boil. Give a stir and make sure no pasta is stuck to the bottom of the pan.
    Balls of tagliatelle placed into the cast iron dish and pouring water in with the meat balls from a glass jug
  • Turn down heat to simmer and cover with a lid.
    Cook for 11 mins, stirring halfway through.
    Placing the lid back on to the cast iron dish which is cooking our One-Pot Spicy Meatball Pasta
  • Serve with a good sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese, freshly chopped Parsley salt and black pepper
    Enjoy!!
    Spicy Meatball Pasta served on a black plate with garlic bread on the side with a garnish of chopped parsley and grated parmesan over the top of the food

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Nutrition

Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 416mg | Potassium: 300mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 319IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg