ITALIAN STYLE TURKEY MEATBALLS IN TOMATO SUGO

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July 3, 2018

ITALIAN STYLE TURKEY MEATBALLS IN TOMATO SUGO 5 0 5 1

A simple, tasty, melt in your mouth meatball dish!

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 4 hrs

  • 15 mins

    4 hrs

    4 hrs 15 mins

  • Yields: 6

Ingredients

MEATBALLS

1kg turkey mince

1/2 brown onion, finely diced

4 cloves garlic, finely diced

1/2 cup chopped parsley

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 tsp oregano

2 eggs, beaten

SAUCE

1 brown onion, finely diced

3 cloves garlic, finely diced

2x 400g cans tinned tomatoes

1x 700g tomato passata

2x chicken stock cubes

1/2 tsp of sugar

1 level tsp dried rosemary

1 level tsp dried oregano

1 level tsp dried thyme

1 level tsp dried basil or 2 handfuls of fresh basil, torn

Directions

1Combine all meatball ingredients and mix together with your hands and then roll into balls. Put to the side.

2Turn slow cooker on LOW and add all sauce ingredients (EXCEPT onion, garlic & stock cubes) to heat up

3In a small pot, heat some olive oil and add onion, garlic & stock cubes and cook until caramalised, stirring regularly. Transfer to Slow Cooker & gently stir to combine all ingredients

4Gently drop meatballs into sauce and ensure they are submerged. Use tea towel trick & allow to cook for 4-6 hours (giving a gentle stir about halfway, if possible)

5Serve on top of pasta or polenta with some fresh basil (optional)

6Meatballs should be ready in 4 hours, however it won’t hurt to cook for 6 if you need to (they might just fall apart more easily).

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Submitted by Daniela Nonkovic

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1 Review

Patricia

April 19, 2022

Easy to make, I halved the ingredients as only used 500g of turkey mince. It yielded 12 large meatballs. I didn’t have any bread for the breadcrumbs, but since it was Easter weekend, I had a hot cross bun, therefore used this instead! Intend to freeze the left overs for another few meals too.

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