Pasta with meatballs, fresh tomatoes and cream
Recipe for pasta with meatballs, fresh tomatoes and cream - an easy, delicious pasta dish packed with flavour.
Servings 4 people
Calories 945kcal
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 slice white bread, diced – crusts removed
- 25 ml milk
- 300 g minced beef
- 300 g minced pork
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, grated or crushed
- 1 egg
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Oil
Pasta and sauce
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 500 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 400 g pasta
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 150 ml dry white wine
- 200 ml whipping cream (38% fat)
- 50 g Parmesan
- 6 sprigs fresh basil, leaves only
- Pasta cooking water
- Olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
Meatballs
- Soak the bread in the milk.
- Put both types of mince in a bowl with the onion, garlic, soaked bread and egg. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper and mix thoroughly - ideally with a hand mixer.
- Divide the mixture into small portions of about 40 g each and roll them into meatballs. Fry the meatballs in a splash of oil over a medium heat until cooked through. Set the meatballs aside on a plate.The meatballs can also be baked in the oven - give them about 15-20 minutes at 220°C in a conventional oven (top and bottom heat). Drizzle them with a little oil before baking.
Pasta with meatballs, fresh tomatoes and cream
- In the same pan, fry the onion and garlic until the onion is translucent. Add a little oil if needed.
- Add the tomatoes along with the dried basil and chilli flakes, and fry for 5 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Add the tomato purée and stir it into the tomatoes, then pour in the white wine. Let it reduce for 5 minutes.Meanwhile, put the pasta on to cook - cook until al dente.
- Pour the cream into the pan, add the meatballs and heat the sauce through thoroughly.
- Stir in the Parmesan until it melts, then add the fresh basil leaves.
- Toss the pasta with the sauce and adjust the consistency with a little of the pasta cooking water.
- Serve with extra Parmesan on top, if you like.
Nutrition
Calories: 945kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 169mg | Sodium: 422mg | Potassium: 1082mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1798IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 276mg | Iron: 5mg