Meatballs and pasta with tomato-cream sauce

I didn’t die. I’m not sick. I didn’t go on a vacation. And I’m not pregnant. There’s another project I was busy with and it’s shaping up well already. But that’s for another post. Right now, I’m back and here is the recipe for a delicious pasta dish that Speedy and I had for lunch a couple of days ago.

Tomato-cream sauce? Yep. You know, tomato sauce plus cream. Similar to the one in the mighty meaty pasta with tomato cream sauce recipe. The difference is that instead of using plain tomatoes, I used sun-dried tomatoes. Ah, the difference that made.

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Meatballs and pasta with tomato-cream sauce

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Servings: 2

Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

• 60 grams pasta (or whatever the usual amount you use for two people)

For the meatballs:

• 250 grams ground pork
• 1/4 cup onions finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs (I used panko but you can use any plain bread crumbs)

For the tomato-cream sauce:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes chopped
• 1/3 cup onions chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
• 1 cup good quality broth
• 100 grams cheddar crumbled
• 1/2 cup cream
• 25 sweet basil leaves roughly chopped
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Boil the pasta in salted water.
2. While the pasta cooks, prepare the meatballs and sauce.
3. Mix together all the ingredients for the meatballs. Form into balls about an inch-and-a-half in diameter.
4. Heat the butter in a frying pan. Cook the meatballs until nicely browned. Scoop out the meatballs with a slotted spoon and set aside.
5. To the remaining butter, add the garlic, onion and sun-dried tomatoes. Cook for about a minute or until slightly softened.
6. Pour in the broth. Taste and add salt and pepper, as needed. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about five minutes. Add the crumbled cheddar, cream and basil. Cook over low heat, with occasional stirring, until the cheese is melted. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
7. Place the cooked pasta on plates. Top with meatballs. Pour the sauce over the meatballs and pasta.
8. Serve the meatballs and pasta with tomato-cream sauce with buttered toast.