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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 mins
Active Time20 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: easy, homemade pasta sauce, meal in 30, meatball pasta, midweek meal, One pot, quick, spicy hot
Yield: 4 people
Calories: 494kcal
Author: Kay

Equipment

  • Cast Iron Pan

Materials

  • 2 tbsp 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 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar or Red Wine Vinegar / Sherry Vinegar
  • 2 tsp Gia Garlic puree or 4 cloves of garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp Gia Sundried Tomato Puree or 2 tbsp regular Tomato Puree
  • 1-2 tsp Gia Chilli Puree or 1-2 chillies finely chopped
  • 400 grams Chopped Tomatoes tinned
  • 500 ml water boiling
  • 250 grams Spaghetti or Tagliatelle or any other pasta shape
  • 2 tsp mixed herbs
  • black pepper & salt to taste

to serve

  • parmesan cheese
  • parsley chopped

Instructions

  • Warm olive oil over medium heat in a large pan, add meatballs and stir to brown on the outside, should ake about 5 minutes. (do not need to be cooked throughout)
    Beef meatballs cooking in olive oil in a grey cast iron pan
  • Add onion & chorizo, fry with meatballs for 3 mins
    Meatballs, chopped onions and chopped chorizo cooking in olive oil in a grey cast iron pan
  • Use Sherry Vinegar to deglaze the pan, scraping all the delicious meatball goodness off the bottom off 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
  • Add chilli, garlic and tomato puree, mixed herbs, and 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 chopped tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.
    Pouring a can of chopped tomatoes over the Spicy Meatballs cooking in a grey cast iron dish
  • Add pasta into the sauce, pour 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, 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