What you need
For the pasta
- 2 eggs
- 200g of Odlums “00” flour
For the meatballs
- 1 pound of beef mince (or half beef and half pork)
- 200g breadcrumbs
- 100g parmesan cheese
- 2 pinches of sea salt
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves of garlic chopped
- A pinch of chilli flakes
For the sauce
- 400ml of Roma tomato passata
- 1 tsp of Goodalls oregano
- 2 pinches of cracked black pepper
- 1 pinch of sea salt
- 1 heaped tsp of smoked paprika
To serve
- Grated Cheddar cheese
Recipe Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180C. / Gas mark 4
- Start by making the pasta by adding the flour and eggs into a bowl and mixing with a spoon until it forms a dough.
- Tip it out onto your work surface and knead until it forms a nice smooth dough for 10 minutes.
- Wrap it in cling film and allow it to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Dust your surface with some flour and roll out the pasta dough to as thin as you possibly can get it with your rolling pin. This requires a bit of good pressure and patience.
- Once thin enough, roll the dough over itself and cut into your preferred shape. I cut mine into pappardelle but you can cut really thinly into spaghetti or tagliatelle. Place onto a floured plate until you are ready to cook the pasta.
- Make the meatballs by mixing all the ingredients in a large bowl until really well combined and then shape them into nice rounds slightly smaller than golf balls.
- In a large frying pan place the meatballs on a high heat with some oil to colour all over.
- Once coloured add the sauce ingredients and reduce the heat to a simmer. Mix it all together and place it into the oven for 15mins.
- Place a pot of boiling salted water on and when the meatballs are almost done, cook your pasta. Depending on the thickness will depend on how long it takes to cook. If thin enough it should cook in 1-2 minutes, but check it by having a taste and if it isn’t cooked enough give it some more time
- Once cooked, strain the pasta, grate over the cheddar cheese on top of the meatballs and serve it all up in nice warm pasta bowls. Enjoy.
