Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, courgetti and meatballs. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to 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:
- Take 200 g meatballs (lamb or beef)
- Prepare 4 garlic cloves, 2 whole and unpeeled, 2 crushed
- Take 2 large courgettes
- Take 4 tbsp créme fraiche
- Take 1/2 lemon zest
- Prepare 30 g pine nuts
- Prepare handful basil
- Make ready grated parmesan
- Prepare olive oil
- Make ready vegetable oil (for frying)
Fry meatballs in the oil until evenly browned and cooked through. Courgetti gives the dish extra colour, taste and substance. If you wanted a more authentic flavour, use fish sauce instead of tamari. Courgette Spaghetti is a great healthy alternative to regular spaghetti in this tasty evening meal.
Instructions 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 winter warmer that will satisfy even the largest of appetites. This recipe keeps things nice and clean by using courgette as a substitute for pasta. If you don't have a spiralizer at home, you can buy ready prepared courgetti in most supermarkets. Alternatively, use a Y-shaped peeler to peel the. Courgette Swedish Meatballs Recipe. by Global Cookbook.
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