Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, courgetti and meatballs. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Remove the pan from the heat, and tip in the meatballs, tomatoes and any juices from the tin. Toss together and scatter with pine nuts, basil and Parmesan, if you like. When sizzling, add the crème fraîche, lemon zest and some seasoning. Remove the pan from the heat, and tip in the meatballs, tomatoes and any juices from the tin.
Courgetti and Meatballs is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Courgetti and Meatballs is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have courgetti and meatballs using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgetti and Meatballs:
- Take 200 g meatballs (lamb or beef)
- Make ready 4 garlic cloves, 2 whole and unpeeled, 2 crushed
- Prepare 2 large courgettes
- Get 4 tbsp créme fraiche
- Take 1/2 lemon zest
- Prepare 30 g pine nuts
- Prepare handful basil
- Prepare grated parmesan
- Make ready olive oil
- Take vegetable oil (for frying)
Brown the turkey meatballs on all sides in a little oil, then carefully push the meatballs to one side of the pan and add in onion, celery and garlic. Add tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, thyme, honey and stock. Move the courgetti and spaghetti noodles to one side of the Staub pan and add the meatballs back to the pan and reheat for a minute or two, add the Staub lid back on to ensure maximum moisture. Meanwhile in a large pot, bring salted water to the boil.
Steps to make Courgetti and Meatballs:
- Pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
- Toast your pine nuts in a frying pan. Don't use any oil and keep them on for 2-3 mins, until golden. Remove them from the pan and set aside for later.
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large frying pan, add the meatballs and fry for 10-15 mins until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, tip the tomatoes into a roasting tin with the whole garlic cloves and the a glug or two of olive oil. Season and roll around the tin until well coated in oil. Roast for 15 mins.
- While the meatballs and tomatoes cook, use a spiraliser or julienne peeler to noodlify your courgettes.
- Once the meatballs have cooked, tip them into the roasting tin with the tomatoes. Fish out the garlic from the roasting tin and set aside. If you feel like your tomatoes need a bit longer to roast, you can return the tin (meatballs included) to the oven for as long as needed.
- Get a fresh frying pan (or wash the old one). Heat another 1 tbsp oil in the pan, squeeze the garlic cloves from their skins into the pan and mash with a fork.
- Once the pan is sizzling, add the crème fraîche, lemon zest and some seasoning. Add the courgetti and toss in the pan for 30 secs until warmed through. Don't leave it any longer or the courgette will wilt.
- Remove the pan from the heat, and tip in the meatballs, tomatoes and any juices from the tin. Toss together and scatter with pine nuts, basil and Parmesan.
Move the courgetti and spaghetti noodles to one side of the Staub pan and add the meatballs back to the pan and reheat for a minute or two, add the Staub lid back on to ensure maximum moisture. Meanwhile in a large pot, bring salted water to the boil. Drain and return to the pot. Add the courgette pasta and stir together. The heat of the spaghetti will be enough to cook the courgette pasta.
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