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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cream pasta with meatballs using 33 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cream Pasta with Meatballs:
- Get Pasta
- Take 500 g pack of linguine pasta
- Get Pot of water
- Make ready Plenty of salt
- Make ready Meatballs
- Make ready 500 g minced meat, blood rinsed out
- Take 100 ml milk
- Get 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- Prepare 1/2 cup parmesan
- Take 3 cloves minced garlic
- Make ready (optional) 1/4 cup onions
- Get 1 egg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- Take Optional: 1/4 cup fresh parsley or 2 tbsp dried parsley
- Prepare Salt & pepper
- Prepare Olive oil
- Take Cream sauce
- Prepare 5 or more cloves of minced garlic
- Get Equal amount of minced onions (optional)
- Prepare Some salted butter (about 1/4 cup)
- Prepare cube Chicken stock
- Make ready 1 tub cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- Get 1 tub cream (250/300ml or so)
- Prepare Milk
- Make ready 2-3 dried bay leaves
- Make ready Dash oregano
- Take Dash Italian seasoning
- Make ready Tiny pinch of nutmeg (opt)
- Make ready Dash dried basil (opt)
- Get Garlic powder (opt)
- Prepare Handful parmesan
- Take Pasta water
- Get to taste Salt
Once the pasta is al dente, add the Greek cream cheese and the Parmesan. Stir until the cheese melts and has been fully incorporated. To assemble casserole: add pasta to the casserole dish then evenly distribute the meatballs throughout, gently pushing some of it into the middle of the dish (so it sits nestled between pasta layers). Pour sauce all over the top then sprinkle cheese on top.
Instructions to make Cream Pasta with Meatballs:
- Pasta: Bring a pot of water to a boil. Season with a handful of salt (it should be salty as the Mediterranean Sea, as they say). Boil the pasta as per package instructions (10min or so?). Reserve some pasta water for the sauce, about a cup. Drain pasta in a colander and add olive oil or butter to prevent clumping.
- Meatballs: soak breadcrumbs in milk. Beat eggs with salt, pepper and herbs. Mix together with minced meat, breadcrumb mixture and the rest of the ingredients. Form into balls and cook in a wide frying pan with olive oil till nicely charred, flipping as needed.
- Cream sauce: Saute the minced garlic and onion in a pat of butter (about 2 tbsp). Add chicken stock cube. At this point, if you wish to add mushrooms or minced meat (if forgoing meatballs) you can do so now.
- Add the cream and some milk. Keep the heat at a simmer and not a boil. Gradually whisk in the cream cheese. Add bay leaves and other herbs. Constantly stirring.
- Add another pat of butter, some parmesan and pasta water for salt and texture, milk to neutralise the saltiness or increase the volume of the cream sauce. Salt to taste. This is where you play by ear in how creamy or salty you want your sauce to be.
- Serve pasta with a ladle full of cream sauce coating the linguine, 2-3 meatballs a plate, add a sprinkle of parsley if you're feeling fancy. Store leftovers in fridge and heat up with a little milk each time.
To assemble casserole: add pasta to the casserole dish then evenly distribute the meatballs throughout, gently pushing some of it into the middle of the dish (so it sits nestled between pasta layers). Pour sauce all over the top then sprinkle cheese on top. While the pasta cook, in large saucepan at medium heat combine cream cheese, Parmesan, butter and heavy cream, garlic; stirring constantly until smooth. Once the sauce is smooth lower the heat and continue to stir until pasta is ready. If you think the sauce it too thick you can add more milk until it reaches your desired consistency.
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