Classic Italian Meatballs

Name: Classic Italian Meatballs | Asda Good Living
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500g Asda Flavourful Lean Beef Mince Steak (less than 5% fat); 50g Asda Plain Breadcrumbs; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; 2tsp mixed dried herbs; 1 egg; 2tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 x 400g tin Just Essentials by Asda Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice; 125ml stock made with ½ a reduced-salt stock cube; 4tbsp tomato ketchup; 300g spaghetti; 25g parmesan or cheddar, grated; 2tbsp basil leaves (optional)

Packed with Italian flavours, make the meatballs in advance, ready to fry as the pasta cooks.

By Asda Good Living,11th January 2023

Cook: 40 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: £1.37 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 466g serving contains

Energy
13812kj
708kcal

35%

Fat
23.3g

High
33%

Saturates
8.4g

High
42%

Sugars
12.6g

Low
14%

Salt
0.89g

Med
15%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
2964kj/708kcal

Ingredients

500g Asda Flavourful Lean Beef Mince Steak (less than 5% fat)

50g Asda Plain Breadcrumbs

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

2tsp mixed dried herbs

1 egg

2tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

1 x 400g tin Just Essentials by Asda Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice

125ml stock made with ½ a reduced-salt stock cube

4tbsp tomato ketchup

300g spaghetti

25g parmesan or cheddar, grated

2tbsp basil leaves (optional)

Method

Put the beef, breadcrumbs, half the crushed garlic and half the dried herbs in a large bowl. Crack in the egg and mix with your hands until well combined. Season with black pepper.

Roll the mixture in your palms to make 20 meatballs roughly the size of golf balls. Chill until required.

Heat 1tbsp oil in a large frying pan and cook the meatballs for 5–6 mins, over a medium heat, until browned all over. Carefully remove and set aside on a plate.

Add the onion to the pan with the remaining oil and cook over a low heat for 3–4 mins until softened. Stir in the remaining garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the chopped tomatoes, stock, ketchup and remaining dried herbs. Stir and bring to a gentle simmer. Return the meatballs to the pan and simmer gently while you cook the pasta to pack instructions.

Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water for 9–10 mins until tender. Drain and add to the pan with the meatballs and toss until the spaghetti is coated. Divide between 4 plates and serve with some freshly cracked black pepper, cheese and basil leaves, if using.