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Amazing meat balls and home made tagliatelle
We recently had a meal at a local Italian restaurant, the meat balls were amazing and I decided to see if could create a similar dish at home. I wanted amazing meat balls, what makes a meat ball amazing you might ask? For me its a meat ball that is full of flavour, falls apart and is soft and moist. Following a lot of research I found that many people have their preferences and tactics for producing that amazing meat ball however this recipe did it for me and I am happy to share it here today.
Ingredients
- 500g Minced pork
- 500g Minced beef
- 2 slices of bread crusts off and blended into fine breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
- 1 egg
- 1 diced onion
- 1 diced pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 500ml tomato pasatta
- Handful of herbs – i used fresh parsley and basil
- 2 eggs
- 200g flour
Method
- The Pasta
- To make the meat balls put all of the meat ball ingredients into a bowl and mix together.
- Whilst the balls are in the oven make the sauce.
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Introduction
We recently had a meal at a local Italian restaurant, the meat balls were amazing and I decided to see if could create a similar dish at home. I wanted amazing meat balls, what makes a meat ball amazing you might ask? For me its a meat ball that is full of flavour, falls apart and is soft and moist. Following a lot of research I found that many people have their preferences and tactics for producing that amazing meat ball however this recipe did it for me and I am happy to share it here today.
I’m using minced pork and minced beef, this gives the amazing meat balls a better texture as the fat from the pork keeps the balls moist and you get a combination of flavours.
Homemade pasta is not something I take on very much due to not having much time which probably just means I’m lazy. I have this view as whenever I do make my own pasta I enjoy the process and I love the result so I should really make more of an effort!
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