Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Meatballs & Tomato Sauce
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves the little meatballs swimming in red sauce!
Serves
4
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)🥚Eggs
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •400 g pork mince
- •100 g beef mince
- •0.5 onion
- •40 g breadcrumbs
- •1 egg
- •2 tins tinned tomatoes
- •2 cloves garlic
- •4 leaves basil
- •300 g pasta
- •2 tbsp olive oil
🔧 Equipment
mixing bowlfrying pansaucepanchopping board
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: Hob medium
- 1Adult: finely chop the onion.
- 2Mix both minces, onion, breadcrumbs and egg in a bowl.
- 3Roll into 16 meatballs.
- 4Adult: heat oil in a frying pan.
- 5Brown the meatballs all over.
- 6Add the crushed garlic and tinned tomatoes.
- 7Simmer for 20 minutes.
- 8Tear in the basil.
- 9Cook the pasta.
- 10Serve the meatballs on the pasta.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Mix the meatball mixture
- ✓ Roll meatballs
- ✓ Stir the sauce
- ✓ Tear basil
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the hob
- ⚠️ Handle raw mince — wash hands
- ⚠️ Fry in hot oil
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Cook meatballs until piping hot in the middle — no pink
- • Wash hands after handling raw meat
- • Cook pasta until al dente
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding peppers or mushrooms to the sauce.
