Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, courgetti and meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Use a spiralizer or julienne peeler to make spaghetti-like 'noodles', then top with pork meatballs and a garlicky, creamy. This flavourful dish of Italian meatballs has a healthy twist by using courgette ribbons instead of pasta — an easy way to reduce calories. Make meatballs using hands, or scoop.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook courgetti and meatballs using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgetti and Meatballs:
- Prepare 200 g meatballs (lamb or beef)
- Get 4 garlic cloves, 2 whole and unpeeled, 2 crushed
- Get 2 large courgettes
- Get 4 tbsp créme fraiche
- Get 1/2 lemon zest
- Get 30 g pine nuts
- Get handful basil
- Get grated parmesan
- Get olive oil
- Make ready vegetable oil (for frying)
This delicious healthy lamb meatballs and courgetti recipe has you covered! In a frying pan, spray frylight and cook the meatballs on a medium heat until they are browned and cooked through. Courgette Spaghetti is a great healthy alternative to regular spaghetti in this tasty evening meal. These spiced meatballs in tomato sauce are served with healthy courgetti spaghetti.
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.
A great recipe for using up your glut of courgettes. To cook the meatballs, place a frying griddle over a medium heat by adding a dash of oil. Looking for a healthy, tasty dinner that doesn't break the bank? My Turkey Meatballs recipe, which served with spiralized courgettes (courgetti) and a delicious tomato. Courgetti gives the dish extra colour, taste and substance.
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