Sausageball pasta bake

Sausageball pasta bake

Using leftover sausagemeat to make meatballs is a thrifty way to jazz up an oven-cooked pasta pot

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Put the sausagemeat, breadcrumbs and thyme or rosemary in a bowl and mix to combine. Shape into 20 small balls.
  2. Heat oil in a wide pan and cook the sausageballs for 10 mins until nicely browned. Add passata and tomato paste, cover and simmer gently for 20 mins.
  3. Meanwhile, cook pasta following pack instructions, adding the cabbage for the final 5 mins of cooking time. Drain cabbage and pasta, toss with the sauce and spoon into a heatproof dish.
  4. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Push mozzarella cubes into the top of the pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan and bake for 15-20 mins until bubbling and crusty.

PER SERVING

860 kcalories, protein 41.0g, carbohydrate 88.0g, fat 41.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 3.75 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011.

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  • 02 December 2011

    Tina commented on this recipe

    Sorry, passata means tomatoes pasta? And thank you for your recipe, I'll try it :)

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    07 December 2011

    Pee commented on this recipe

    Tina, passata is sieved tomatoes, its consistency is like thick tomato juice. Most supermarkets sell it in bottles or cartons - hope this helps. Looking forward to making this, not sure about the cabbage mind you, will report back :-)

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  • 07 December 2011

    Gloria commented on this recipe

    Got some quorn swedish balls, wonder would they do? we'll see!

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  • 11 December 2011

    Gregw rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was a wonderful quick and easy supper dish. I omitted the cabbage; also made about 250ml of white sauce which I spooned on top before baking; and added some chopped basi and about 100ml white wine to the tomato sauce. The fresh herbs in the sausage meatballs add wonderful flavour.

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  • 27 December 2011

    Jan Reid rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yummy, great supper dish, you don't really need the cabbage, didn't add anything so I'd miss it out next time

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  • 31 December 2011

    Mary Chappell rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just enjoyed this very tasty pasta bake, used some fresh pork stuffing mix which had chestnuts & onions in, I cut down the pasta to 200g and used some left over cheese - stilton, brie & cheddar. Made a lovely tomato/cheese sauce. Added the cabbage too. Will be making again.

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  • 16 January 2012

    Simon commented on this recipe

    Bit of finely chopped red onion in the meatball mix. Couple of crushed garlic cloves in with the Passata. Garlic bread for dipping. Delicous!!!

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  • 04 February 2012

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tastes good. Really enjoyed it.

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  • 12 March 2012

    Laura rated this recipe

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  • 17 August 2012

    Judith rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used a 400g pack of Cumberland sausages - take the meat out of the skins and mix with about 1 1/2 oz breadcrumbs. Add a carton of passata and 3 heaped teaspoons of sundried tomato pesto. Mix with 11oz penne pasta, dot with mozza cubes (125g ball) and sprinkle over grated cheddar. I used all Lidl ingredients, which made this dish very economical. It is really simple to make and very tasty, satisfying 2 very fussy young boys!

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  • 01 September 2012

    dragonma5306 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was really tasty and simple. As we have a cabbage-hater in the house, I left it out of the recipe but served it on the side; it was a really delicious combination. I also didn't pick up the right mozzarella in the shop and ended up with only half the amount so next time I make it it will be even more delicious!

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  • 03 October 2012

    AllyBally rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Whole family liked it. I used white cabbage cut up to look like onion. It got one of the kids to eat it.

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  • 16 January 2013

    food! commented on this recipe

    Delicious recipe did not bother with making sausage balls, just used good quality sausage meat and added some fennel seeds and a bit of red wine before adding the tomato passata and simmer for 20 min. Became a family favourite!

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  • 24 January 2013

    luv2bake rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe all the family loved it my son had second helping. I didn't put the cabbage in we had it with steamed brocoli instead. Yummy.

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  • 20 March 2013

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great midweek meal, my boys loved it and didn't know they were eating cabbage. I added chilli to mine and my husbands.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 450g sausagemeat
  • 50g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp thyme or rosemary leaves, chopped
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 500g carton passata
  • 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste
  • 300g fusilli or other pasta shapes
  • ½ small Savoy cabbage , cut into 1cm-wide slices
  • 250g ball mozzarella , cubed
  • 2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
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PER SERVING

860 kcalories, protein 41.0g, carbohydrate 88.0g, fat 41.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 7.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 3.75 g

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