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Spaghetti & spicy meatballs

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 1 hr

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"As spicy or as mild as you like with the best tasting sauce!"

Ingredients

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For the meatballs

• 500g lean minced beef

• 1 egg

• 1 slice of white bread

  crusts removed

• 2 tbsp milk

• 1 tbsp parsley

  fresh chopped or dried

• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes

  (use 2-3 tsp for added spice)

• 1 tbsp olive oil

For the sauce

• 500ml passata

• 300ml vegetable stock

  (400ml if you like alot of sauce)

• 1 tbsp parsley

  freshly chopped or dried

• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes

  (use 2-3tsp for added spice)

• 1 tsp white sugar

• salt and pepper

• spaghetti

  (or your choice of pasta)

• grated parmesan

  (optional)

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Method

• step 1

  Firstly to make the meatballs.

• step 2

  Tear the sliced bread into small pieces, put in a bowl and add the milk until the bread soaked it all.

• step 3

  Then squeeze as much milk as possible out of the bread and add it to a medium sized mixing bowl.

• step 4

  Add the mince, parsley, chilli flakes, egg and a little salt & pepper to the mixing bowl and thouroughly mix and nead until smooth and even.

• step 5

  Get out a plate or tray and start to tear small table tennis sized amounts from the mixture. Roll in the palms of your hands until smooth and place on the tray.

• step 6

  Once all oof the mixture is used, put the tray in the fridge and leave for about 20 mins

• step 7

  For the sauce, add the passatta, vegetable stock, parsley, chilli, sugar, salt and pepper and stir. Simmer on a low heat until later.

• step 8

  After about 20 mins or once the sauce is made, get the meatballs from the fridge, add a little light olive oil (1-2 tbsp) to a frying pan and cook in batches of about 5 or 6 until browned but not completley cooked through.

• step 9

  Once all of the meatballs are browned, Add all of the meatballs back to the pan for a couple of minutes and then add to your sauce and simmer for about 15 minutes.

• step 10

  Now make your spaghetti, once this is ready serve with your meatballs and add a little parmesan and parsley to garnish.

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