Prep time: 15mins Cook time: 25mins Serves: 4
Our recipe for Italia meatballs with cherry tomatoes makes a simple, delicious mid-week meal. Using courgetti is the perfect way to include an extra portion of veg in your diet.
Ingredients
- 1 pack (500g) Chicken Italia Mince
- 4 Courgettes
- 3 tsp Sunflower Oil
- 5g Red chilli
- 1 Garlic clove (crushed)
- 15g Pine nuts
- 150g Cherry Tomatoes (halved)
- 3 tbsp Fresh pesto
Method
- Divide the mince and roll into 20 meatballs
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry off the meatballs
- Using a peeler, make ribbons with all the courgettes and place in a pan along with the halved tomatoes with 1 tbsp of oil, tossing occasionally
- Mince the garlic, chop the chili and add to the courgettes along with the pesto
- Check the meatballs are cooked through, then add them to the other pan and toss everything together.
- Dish up, sprinkle with pine nuts.
Enjoy!
| Nutritional Information | Per 100g |
Per 5 Meatballs with Sauce |
| Energy | 513kJ/123kcal | 1643kJ/394kcal |
| Fat | 7.8g | 25g |
| Of Which Saturates | 1.2g | 3.9g |
| Carbohydrates | 3.0g | 9.5g |
| Of Which Sugars | 2.0g | 6.3g |
| Protein | 9.8g | 31g |
| Salt | 0.74g | 2.4g |