Pasta and Meatballs - A Student Meal

I made this one Tuesday night for my family. It's really simple but incredibly tasty and not too tight in the pocket :D - an added bonus!!

Almost ready to be served :D

It's really not that hard. To serve 5, you'll need;

• an onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 x packets of pre-formed meatballs (each containing 16 meatballs)
• one jar of tomato sauce
• tbsp tomato puree 
• 5 fresh basil leaves
• 500g pasta
• pinch of salt 

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a wok
2. Dice the onion and add to the pan
3. Fry until brown and then thinly slice the garlic cloves and add
4. Boil a full kettle of water 
5. Empty the pasta in a deep empty pan
6. Once the kettle has boiled, pour over the water until just covered and another tbsp of oil to it
7. leave to boil on a meduim heat
8. Meanwhile, put the meatballs into the onions and garlic and fry until completely browned and golden in some parts

The partially cooked meatball

9. Once cooked, mix with the tomato puree and then the sauce

10. Bring to the boil and season with a pinch of salt and pepper

11. Take the pasta off the heat and add a pinch of salt

12. Finely, cut the basil leaves and place in the meatball sauce

drain the pasta and serve

13. Turn off the meatballs and pour over the top

14. Serve

The good thing about this meal is that the meatballs stay lovely and moist and the sauce is very thick. Also, because the balls are beef, you should need to worry about them being cooked all the way through to avoid food poisoning as you do with chicken.