Italian Style Baked Meatballs
Recipe: #23454
April 11, 2016
Categories: Ground Beef, Italian, Oven Bake, Diabetic, Fresh Tomatoes, Canned Tomatoes, Herbs, more
"From Australian Better Homes & Gardens Diabetic Living."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (613.2 g)
- Calories 394.5
- Total Fat - 17.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.9 g
- Cholesterol - 73.2 mg
- Sodium - 599.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 33 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.4 g
- Sugars - 12.2 g
- Protein - 28.8 g
- Calcium - 114.8 mg
- Iron - 4.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 73.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 190C fan forced.
Step 2
Combine minces, mustard, zucchini, basil and parsley in a large bowl and season with pepper.
Step 3
Using you hands, shape into 6 even meatballs.
Step 4
Heat oil in a medium non stick frying pan over a medium high heat and add meatballs and cook, turning occasionally for 2 minutes or until browned and then transfer to 2 small ovenproof dishes and set aside.
Step 5
Add garlic to pan and cook, stirring often for 1 minutes and then add tomato, stock powder and water and bring to a simmer and cook stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
Step 6
Pour tomato sauce over meatballs and put dish on a oven tray and bake for 5 minutes.
Step 7
Remove tray from oven and sprinkle cheese over meatballs and bake for a further 5 minutes or until meatballs are cook through and cheese is melted and then top with extra basil leaves, if using and serve with bread.
Tips
No special items needed.