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Classic meatballs with pasta sauce
31 ingredients
30 min
Serves 6-8
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Just like Mamma used to make – and still does; this is classic Italian home cooking. Serve with pasta, a crisp green salad and a gutsy red wine.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1726
Calories
84g
Protein
77g
Fat
169g
Carbs
Counts 24 of 26 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 24 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Pine Nut | 1 oz (28g) | 191 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Sourdough | 1 slice (36g) | 93 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
| Sunflower Oil | 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
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium white onion
- 1 celery
- 1 carrot
- 1 garlic
- 500g/1lb 2oz beef
- 3 tbsp tomato purée
- 4 x 400g/14oz cans peeled plum tomatoes
- 1 x 680g/1lb 8oz jar tomato passata
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 bouquet garni
- 2 bay leaves
- 50ml/2fl oz Marsala wine
- splash balsamic vinegar
- 15–20 basil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 150g/5½oz raisins
- 100g/3½oz sourdough bread
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 12 sage
- 24 mint
- 24 flat-leaf parsley
- 5 garlic
- 100g/3½oz pine nuts
- 3 free-range eggs
- (optional) Worcestershire sauce
- 100g/3½oz pecorino
- 500g/1lb 2oz lamb mince
- 500g/1lb 2oz beef mince
- or vegetable oil, for frying sunflower oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
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