Submitted by Amanda Childs
Pork and Beef Meatballs with Rigatoni Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 kg pork and beef mince combined (I did 500g of each).
- 1/3 cup grated parmesian cheese
- 3 garlic cloves - crushed
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium brown onion chopped
- 2 Celery Stalks (Chopped)
- 500g tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 350g rigatoni pasta
Instructions
- 1: Combine mince, garlic, cheese, parsley and breadcrumbs in a bowl.
- 2: Heat Oil in a saucepan over medium heat Add onion and celery . Cook stirring for 4 minutes or until onion has softened. Add tomato paste, sugar and 6 cups of water. Stir through.
- 3: Roll mince mixture into balls of about 20g a ball
- 4:Transfer mixture into a 5L slow cooker. Add meatballs. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
- 5: Add Pasta and cook for a further 45 minutes.(I also added 4 tablespoons of cornflour to 1 cup of water to thicken the juices when I added the pasta in.)
- 6: serve with some more parmesian cheese sprinkled on top.
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OMG this recipe is amazing and the whole family loved it!!!Thank you do much for the recipe Amanda Child’s 🙂 I used pre-made meatballs, added garlic to the onion and celery, replaced 2 of the 6 cups of water for 2 cups of beef stock and used brown sugar instead! Delicious rated 10/10 from this household 🙂
Made this tonight using half beef stock and half water. Found I actually had to add an extra cup of water for the pasta which diluted the flavour so added a jar of tomato pesto which lifted it a bit. All in all a good dish and adult kiddo’s happy.
So happy the family enjoyed it Leanne 🙂 Thanks for the great variation tips too 🙂