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Meatballs in hot pepper sauce with orzo & rocket
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Meatballs in hot pepper sauce with orzo & rocket

11 ingredients Serves 2 openrecipes
Meatballs in hot pepper sauce with orzo & rocket

Delicious and easy pork meatballs served with small pasta grains and a sweet red pepper sauce

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

752
Calories
39g
Protein
30g
Fat
84g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Seed 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

  • 300g lean pork mince
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 lemon , zested and juiced
  • olive oil
  • 1 small onion , chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • pinch golden caster sugar
  • a handful peppadew peppers, some torn in half
  • 100g orzo pasta
  • 2 handfuls rocket

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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