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Meatballs with a twist recipe
11 ingredients
20 min + 20 min
4 people
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All kids love meatballs... so why not use that to your advantage, and disguise a little tuna in them next time? Fiona Faulkner's 'meatballs with a twist' are sure to work.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1348
Calories
53g
Protein
55g
Fat
160g
Carbs
Counts 14 of 18 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pasta | 1 cup cooked (140g) | 220 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Pine Nut | 1 oz (28g) | 191 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Rapeseed Oil | not in our table | 0 |
| Meat | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 olive / rapeseed oil
- tbsp onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 pine nuts – whizzed in a food processor – or chopped up a bit
- 70 small cans of sustainably-sourced tuna meat in spring water (not oil)
- g lime, juice only
- 2 egg, beaten
- 1 fresh breadcrumbs (make use of the crusts at either end of a loaf!)
- 1 good handful of fresh parsley – finely chopped
- 140 salt and pepper
- g lots of spaghetti / pasta to serve – and some tomato-based pasta sauce
Directions
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