Speedy meatball stew

Speedy meatball stew

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Cooking time

Prep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Makes 4 lunches

Serve beef meatballs in a tomato casserole with garlic and rosemary and eat with pasta or crusty bread

Nutrition and extra info

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  • Freezable
Nutrition info

Nutrition per serving

kcalories
286
protein
20g
carbs
28g
fat
11g
saturates
4g
fibre
4g
sugar
9g
salt
1.68g
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Ingredients

  • 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size cubes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 250g small lean beef meatballs
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 tbsp chopped rosemary
  • 560ml jar passata
  • 200g frozen peas
  • few parmesan shavings, to serve (optional)

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    Slice the sausages open with a sharp knife, squeeze the meat from the skins and brown in a little oil before adding to the tomato sauce.

Method

  1. Boil the potatoes for 10 mins until tender. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan. Season the meatballs, then brown them all over for about 5 mins. Remove from the pan, drain off any excess fat, then add the onion, garlic and rosemary. Fry gently for 5 mins.
  2. Add passata to the pan, bring to a simmer, then add the meatballs. Simmer for 5 mins or until everything is cooked through. Add the potatoes and peas, then simmer for 1 min. Pack into a flask or reheat at work, add Parmesan, if using, and eat with good crusty bread.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2009

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blodyn1's picture
blodyn110:12, 19th May, 2013
4

I made this vegetarian by using quorn meatballs. I also added sweet corn to it. Very quick and easy and tasted great too.

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chatrouge7907:47, 23rd Jul, 2012
5

This went down very well as a midweek supper will definitely cook again, i used a tin of cherry tomatoes instead of passata though.

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sillychoco03:08, 29th Jun, 2012
5

Cooked the meatballs in the over(easier to get the fat out) and it's super delicious!! Fills you right up, excellent for dieters :)

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hannah8912:45, 2nd May, 2012
1

I use Bbcgoodfood for most my recipes and have tried hundreds....this was by far the worst. Unless you love the taste over rosemary this dish was awful. We actually threw it away which we never do. Waste of time and money unless you have an addicted to rosemary!

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pingu8010:56, 1st Jun, 2011
5

Have made this dish a few times. Really easy to make and perfect for a mid week meal. Loads of flavour. I put it all in the over for a while and add a dash of worcestershire sauce this lets all the flavours mingle. Yummy!!

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cduggan10:15, 26th Apr, 2011
4

Boring in itself but a good basis for playing around with different flavours. I sometimes do Moroccan style with cumin, cinnamon and ras al hanout, served with bread. Sometimes with indian spices and serve with rice or naan.

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littletweetyuk08:23, 13th Feb, 2011

I've made a few changes to this recipe. I left out the potatoes, added Worcestershire sauce, chili flakes & seasoning. Served over spaghetti - very, very tasty.

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crumbles05:57, 7th Jul, 2010
4

Lovely meal. I use veggie meatballs & tinned tomatoes, also some chilli just adds a liitle more taste.

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dancingbunny02:58, 24th Jun, 2010
4

Easy and tasty, though between tghe two of us we finished it all in one day so I would recommend making more than the recipe states if you have more than 2 hungry people to feed!

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cazandjay09:12, 17th Nov, 2009

I made my own meatballs, but did'nt like this at all, it just tasted of tomatoe, maybe it would have been better with a little beef stock and then just cooked for a little longer.

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crystaljoan03:33, 11th Jun, 2009
5

i done this for my 3 years old son because he is very fasty.well he loved it i pt more potatoes so it looked like propal meal.great

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schizopear05:48, 13th Apr, 2009
4

i made a bit of a mess of this by undercooking my potatoes and then overcooking my meatballs but it was still tasty and not at all bland. i did make my own meatballs rather than using shop-bought. meatballs is my fall-back recipe, usually served with spaghetti, so i'm sure this recipe will get plenty of use as a nice alternative. i am a little baffled by all the comments about using chopped tomatoes instead of passata to make it cheaper - passata is actually cheaper than chopped tomatoes in my local sainsbury's...

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trixie25036410:40, 19th Mar, 2009
2

I made my own meatballs but thought the whole thing was rather bland. Wouldn't do again.

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bethocallaghan10:32, 10th Mar, 2009

Easy, tasting and filing, microwaves fine to have at work for lunch. Might add a little chilli for a change next time.

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