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Meatball Pasta Bake

Meatball Pasta Bake

It’s not a recipe as such today, more alone the lines of assembly instructions.

We like a Pasta Bake once in a while. We like hand pressed Meatballs. So what could possibly go wrong? I mean it’s not like Mackerel Ice-cream…. The 20% fat Minced Beef was on offer at £1.60 for 500g and the slightly higher fat content than we would generally use meant that the Meatballs were moist and tender.

So Assembly Instructions:-

(1) Grate lots of Cheese and set aside.
(2) Mix whatever Herbs you fancy with your mince and form into balls. It’s a while since we had this meal, but there will certainly have been grated Garlic ( Probably our Lacto-Fermented version ) and mixed Herb, Salt and Pepper in there somewhere.
(3) In salted water boil some Pasta (Gluten free in our case) and once tender drain and set aside.
(4) Make a Tomato based sauce. A tin of chopped Tomatoes, Tomato Puree, Salt, Pepper, Herbs etc. and simmer to reduce.
(5) Fry the Meatballs on all side to brown and then reduce the heat and turn for 20 minutes or so.
(6) Heat the oven to 180c.
(7) Add the Pasta to an oven proof dish.
(8) Artistically place the Meatballs at regular interval on the Pasta. Or just bob them in. It really isn’t supposed to be a pretty dish!
(9) Pour the Tomato sauce over the Meatballs.
(10) Add plenty of grated Cheese and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
(11) Pop to finished product under the grill for 5 minutes to brown the melted Cheese.
 

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There was a “Stir-Fry” pack in the Yellow Sticker fridge at the local Supermarket. As we’d frozen it we binned the vegetables and just used the Chicken. But at 92p who’s complaining? (Not us!)

Ingredients:-

250g of Sliced Chicken mini fillets
1 Onion, finely sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
½ a Red Pepper, finely sliced
2 Spring Onions, chopped
4 Mushrooms, sliced
A handful of Bean Sprouts
Chopped Kale
Toasted Hazel Nuts ( Recipe Here )
Soy Sauce (Gluten free in out case)
Ginger powder
Cornflour
Salt & Pepper
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Marinade the Chicken in Soy Sauce, Cornflour, Salt & Pepper for 20 minutes.
(2) Fry the Chicken in a little Oil until tender bit not pink.
(3) Remove from the Wok or pan and set aside.
(4) Add the Onion, Garlic and Red Pepper with a splash of Soy Sauce & Ginger powder.
(5)  Fry on a high heat stirring as you go.
(6) Add the remaining ingredients – stir and fry until steaming hot but not wilted.

Serve over boiled Rice with Fries and Prawn Crackers for the most unconventional but typically English Chinese Fake-Away!
 

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