How to Make Perfect Pasta Meatball Bake

Pasta Meatball Bake.

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, pasta meatball bake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pasta meatball bake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta Meatball Bake:

1. {Prepare of spinach.
2. {Get of Fusilli Pasta (fresh or dry).
3. {Make ready of Mild Cheese, grated.
4. {Take of Meatballs.
5. {Take of Sausages, skin removed.
6. {Make ready of Pork Mince.
7. {Take of seasoned plain flour.
8. {Get of Flat Leaf Parsley, finely chopped.
9. {Take of Sauce.
10. {Prepare of Butter.
11. {Get of Double Concentrate Tomato Puree.
12. {Make ready of Tinned Chopped Tomatoes.
13. {Make ready of Pepper, sliced.
14. {Take of Shallots, finely diced.
15. {Make ready of of Garlic, crushed.
16. {Take of Basil Leaves, roughly chopped.
17. {Prepare of Chilli Pepper, sliced finely.
18. {Get of olive oil.

Steps to make Pasta Meatball Bake:

1. Pre heat an oven to 190°C / 170°C fan..
2. For the Meatballs: In a bowl, mix the pork mince, sausage meat and parsley, mashing with the back of a fork to help tenderise the mince. Take approximately 1/2tbsp of the mixture and shape into a ball. Roll this in the flour and set to one side. You should be able to get approximately 20 meatballs. Select how many you want to serve per person (6 works well) and freeze the rest. Place the meatballs you wish to use in the fridge to chill for 30mins..
3. For the sauce: Heat the oil in a heat proof dish and brown the meatballs. Reduce the hear to low, remove the meatballs and add the butter to gently heat. Add the garlic and shallots and sweat down for 2-3mins. Add the pepper and chilli and cook for a further 2mins. Stir in the puree. Stir in the tinned tomatoes, heat the sauce till bubbling. Reduce the heat to simmer and add the basil. Add back the meatballs and cook for 35-40mins..
4. Part cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water (the best thing to do is aim for 2/3rds of the cooking time). Drain out most of the water and leave to one side..
5. Remove the meatballs, take the sauce off the heat and add the spinach and pasta..
6. Pour the pasta into a suitable dish. Place the meatballs on top and cover in the cheese..
7. Place in the oven and cook until the cheese has melted..
8. Serve.

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