Slow cooked Pork Meatball Pasta bake - . Today I am sharing this Slow cooked Pork Meatball Pasta bake! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 25 minutes!
You can cook Slow cooked Pork Meatball Pasta bake with 13 Ingredients and 9 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Slow cooked Pork Meatball Pasta bake:
- 260 g sausage meat (approx. 4 thick good quality sausages).
- 15 g dried porcini mushrooms.
- 130 g cherry tomatoes.
- 1 medium pepper.
- 15 g ginger.
- 1 chicken stock cube.
- 1 medium celery.
- 3 cloves garlic.
- 1 tsp fennel seeds.
- 2 tbsp soy sauce.
- 1 medium courgette.
- 125 g wholewheat fusilli pasta.
- 40 g mature cheddar cheese.
Step by step how to cook Slow cooked Pork Meatball Pasta bake:
- Boil a kettle. To a jug add 350ml boiled water. The dried porcini mushrooms, the chicken stock cube and the soy sauce. Mix well and put to one side..
- To a bowl and the sausage meat, fennel seeds, the ginger (peeled first) and half of the courgette (no need to peel) both grated. Mix well and separate into 4 big and juicy meatballs. Put to one side..
- Peel and grate the garlic. Grate the remaining courgette(no need to peel), roughly chop the pepper and cherry tomatoes and dice the celery. Add all of the vegetables to a slow cooker..
- Top the vegetables with the meatballs and pour over the stock you made first (avoid tipping in any of the mushrooms)..
- Place on the lid and cook on low for 7 hours..
- Pre heat an oven to 180°C.
- Once the meatballs have cooked for 7 hours. Very gently remove them and add the pasta. Give everything a good stir and then gently return the meatballs for another 15mins with the lid on..
- Gently remove the meatballs and add the pasta and the sauce to an oven proof dish. Top with the meatballs and grate over the cheese..
- Place in the oven for 20-25mins or until the cheese is fully melted and the meatballs are browned..