Description
A tasty and lean alternative to beef meatballs with a yummy sauce!
Syns: 0.5 per portion
Ingredients
Scale
- For the meatballs:
- 500 g turkey mince
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 large carrot (peeled and finely grated)
- 10 g parmesan
- salt and pepper
- For the sauce:
- 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 whole red chilli with the top taken off (I leave the seeds in)
- salt and pepper
- Basil- to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c. Make up the meatball mixture by combining the turkey mince, grated carrot, Italian seasoning and 10g parmesan and salt and pepper
- Stir through the egg and then roll into walnut sized meatballs, placing on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Spray with low calorie cooking spray or oil, and then bake for 15 minutes.
- To make the sauce, in a food processor combine the tomatoes, garlic and chilli and whizz up until nice and smooth. Season.
- Transfer to a large pan, bring up to a simmer and then bubble gently for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes add in the meatballs, stir gently and then simmer on low for another 20 minutes.
- Serve with spaghetti, sprinkled with parmesan and torn basil.
Notes
This is also lovely as a bake- so once the meatballs are done, stir in with cooked penne or rigatoni, cover with cheese and parmesan and bake for 30 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes