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Turkey Meatballs and Italian Style Sauce

Turkey Meatballs and Italian Style Sauce, recipe, eat well on universal credit

This Yellow Sticker pack of Turkey Breast mince was £1.29. Probably the least inspiring and dry mince you can get? Well actually not.

Meatball Ingredients:-

750g of Turkey Mince
50g of Gluten free bread, wuzzed into Breadcrumbs
25g of Italian Style hard Cheese, grated
1 Onion, finelt diced
1 Egg, beaten
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of fresh Parsley, chopped
1 Tbsp of fresh (Foraged!) Chives, chopped
1 Tbsp of Milk (Lactose free for us)
2 Tbsp of Margarine
1 Tsp of Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper to season

Sauce Ingredients:-

1 Tin of Chopped Tomatoes + Water
1 Tbsp of Tomato Puree
2 Tbsp of Red Chilli Sauce (Sue’s secret, until I type the recipe up!)
1 Onion, diced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tsp of Mixed Dried Herbs
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper to season

Sufficient Spaghetti to serve two, cooked according to the packet (Gluten free for us)

Method:-

(1) Combine all the Meatball ingredients and roll into small balls.
(2) Heat Oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and fry the meatballs until golden brown on all side and cooked through, turning as required.
(3) In a separate pan add Oil and fry the Onions until softened.
(4) Add the Garlic and fry for a further minute.
(5) Stir in the Tomato Puree, Red Chilli Sauce, mixed Herbs and season with Salt & Pepper.
(6) Add the Tinned Tomatoes and half a Tin of Water and allow to simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
(7) Cook the Spaghetti and drain.
(8) Serve the Spaghetti an plates, top with half of your Sauce.
(9) Add the Meatballs and then dress with the remaining Sauce.
(10) Garnish with Grated Italian Style Hard Cheese and fresh Parsley.

It fed both of us, Smooh the Cat and the Foxes. Not bad going and I’m guessing all humans and animals enjoyed it. There was certainly nothing left in the morning!

 

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Fish, Chips, Peas and Caper Sauce

OK it’s not quite conventional, but what exactly did you expect from us? Sue’s not a fan of flaky fish generally. But we’ve discovered that we are both very keen on Ray Wings. So when they appear with a Yellow Sticker, all is good!

Nobody needs a recipe for flouring and frying fish I hope? Chips? A but the sauce was something else!

Caper Sauce Ingredients:-

2 Spring Onion whites, finely chopped
½ Tsp of Crispy Cuttlefish and Chilli Paste
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tsp of Capers, slightly crushed
Juice of 1 & ½ Lemons
1 Tsp Dried Parsley
1 Tsp Dijon Mustard
Butter
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Gently fry the Spring Onions in Butter until translucent.
(2) Add the Garlic and fry gently for a couple more minutes.
(3) Reserve a little Butter and add the remaining ingredients except the Parsley.
(4) Simmer over a low heat for a couple of minutes.
(5) Stir in the remaining Butter and Parsley  and drizzle over the fish.

The Crispy Cuttlefish and Chilli Paste was an impulse buy from a Chinese Supermarket at (We seem to recall) £0.99 But it really packs a punch. We will be buying more when needed. But you only need ½ a teaspoon and this jar has lived in the fridge door for months now…... 

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