Pasta with Meatballs

A very filling, flavorful dish for the family table. Pasta with meatballs works as a main dish or for dinner. Both pork and a meat blend work here. The sauce is made with tomato paste, but you can also make it from fresh tomatoes. Peel the vegetables and blend them in a blender. If you like, you can add a little sour cream to the sauce. The result is very tasty meatballs in tomato sauce, which you can serve with boiled pasta or potatoes. Pasta with meatballs also goes well with a fresh vegetable salad.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 19 % 4 g
Fats 38 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 43 % 9 g
127 kcal
GI: 22 / 67 / 11
  • How do you make pasta with meatballs?
    1. Cook the rice in salted water until tender. Drain it in a colander and rinse it with water. 2. Grate the carrot on a fine grater. Finely chop one onion. Add the vegetables to the ground meat. Add the rice, salt, and pepper. Mix until well combined and form into balls. 3. Roll the meatballs in flour and fry them in oil until golden. 4. Make a sauce from tomato paste, flour, and water. Cut the onion into half-rings, add it to the sauce, and stir. 5. Pour the sauce over the fried meatballs and cook, covered, for 20 minutes. 6. Cook any kind of pasta in salted water until tender. Drain it in a colander. Serve the hot pasta with meatballs. Enjoy!
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Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353  kcal/100g
  • Raw brown rice - 360  kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119  kcal/100g
  • Raw fortified white rice - 363  kcal/100g
  • Boiled fortified white rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • Raw parboiled long-grain white rice - 369  kcal/100g
  • Boiled parboiled long-grain white rice - 106  kcal/100g
  • Dry instant rice - 374  kcal/100g
  • Ready-to-eat instant rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • Rice - 344  kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33  kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275  kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, fortified - 337  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, milk - 309  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, egg - 342  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from grade-1 flour - 333  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from premium-grade flour - 338  kcal/100g
  • Boiled pasta - 135  kcal/100g
  • Pasta - 338  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Mixed ground meat - 351  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325  kcal/100g

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