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Pork and chorizo meatballs with spaghetti recipe
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Pork and chorizo meatballs with spaghetti recipe

16 ingredients 20 min + 1 hr 4 people openrecipes

I blooming love meatballs, and these are rather special – the chorizo and chilli pepper give them fire, the fennel lends aroma, and the fresh tomato sauce sets the whole thing off.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

522
Calories
31g
Protein
28g
Fat
37g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0
Spelt not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200 lean minced pork (10% fat)
  • g fresh chorizo sausage, the meat extracted from the skin
  • 150 small onion, finely chopped
  • g sprigs of oregano, leaves removed
  • 1 sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 spritz olive oil spray
  • 1 spelt spaghetti
  • pinch small dried red chilli
  • 1 fennel seeds
  • 320 garlic cloves
  • g olive oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 0.5 vine-ripened tomatoes, halved
  • tsp red-wine vinegar
  • 4 pinch of sugar
  • 2 handful of fresh basil leaves

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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