Photo: Giovanna Gomes
Tuna Meatballs
22 ingredients
Serves 4
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Absoluely delicious meatball alternative from Sicily which is just as good as the meat version! An edited version of Jamie Oliver's recipe.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1056
Calories
62g
Protein
30g
Fat
131g
Carbs
Counts 17 of 19 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Tuna | 100g cooked | 132 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Oregano | 1 tsp dried (1.8g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Meatball | 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
- For the tomato sauce;
- olive oil
- 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 x 400g cans of good-quality plum tomatoes
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- red wine
- a small bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and roughly chopped
- chilli sauce (I like Nando's extra extra hot piri piri sauce) (optional)
- For the meatballs;
- 400g fresh tuna
- olive oil
- 55g pinenuts
- 1 level teaspoon ground cinnamon
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- a handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 100g cups stale breadcrumbs
- 50g freshly grated Parmesan
- 2 eggs
- juice of 1 lemon
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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