Baked Pesto Meatballs

Name: Baked Pesto Meatballs
Prep time: THMS
Cook time: THMS
Ingredients: For the meatballs:; 500g beef mince; 1 large red onion, 1/3 finely chopped; 50g breadcrumbs; 25g fresh Parmesan, grated; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 Jar Sacla’ Classic Basil Pesto; 3 tbsp. fresh Parsley, chopped; 1 tbsp. olive oil; 5 tbsp. plain flour, seasoned with salt and black pepper; For the sauce:; 1 tbsp. Olive oil; 2 sliced onions; 400g canned chopped tomatoes; Salt & black pepper to taste; ½ Sacla’ Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto; ½ Sacla’ Roasted Pepper Pesto; ¼ (optional) Sacla’ Fiery Chilli Pesto

Add a herbaceous twist to homemade meatballs with Sacla' Classic Basil Pesto and a sprinkle of fresh Parmesan. Slowly baked in a bubbly tomato sauce, spiked with Sacla' Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto and Sacla' Roasted Pepper Pesto, they're perfect over pasta.

Cook Time

50 mins

Serves

Ingredients

For the meatballs:

500g beef mince
1 large red onion, 1/3 finely chopped
50g breadcrumbs
25g fresh Parmesan, grated
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 Jar Sacla’ Classic Basil Pesto
3 tbsp. fresh Parsley, chopped
1 tbsp. olive oil
5 tbsp. plain flour, seasoned with salt and black pepper

For the sauce:

1 tbsp. Olive oil
2 sliced onions
400g canned chopped tomatoes
Salt & black pepper to taste
½ Sacla’ Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
½ Sacla’ Roasted Pepper Pesto
¼ (optional) Sacla’ Fiery Chilli Pesto

How to make the recipe

Step 1

In a large bowl, mix together all the meatball ingredients, apart from the seasoned flour and oil

Step 2

Take golf-ball sized amounts of the mixture and roll into balls, then roll them in the seasoned flower, dusting of any excess

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 200¬∞C/180¬∞C fan

Step 4

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and brown the meatballs for about 5 minutes

Step 5

Shake the pan to turn them so that they brown evenly all over

Step 6

Tip the meatballs into a large ovenproof dish or roasting tray. Leave to one size while you make the sauce

Step 7

Pour away all but 1 tbsp of fat from the frying pan

Step 8

Over a medium heat, fry the sliced onion for 10 minutes, until softened and golden

Step 9

Add the tomatoes and season with a little salt and pepper

Step 10

Bring to a gentle simmer, stir in the Sacla‚Äô Pesto, if using, then pour over the top of the meatballs

Step 11

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce is bubbling