This delicious Spicy Meatball Pasta is a perfect weekday meal made with juicy meatballs cooked in a creamy white wine sauce. It is very easy to make, full of flavor, and you can prepare it in advance for a lazy Sunday lunch or a delicious dinner that would please everyone.
If you are bored of the usual tomato-based meatball pasta dishes and looking for something hearty, try this spicy, creamy, and cheesy pasta with meatballs recipe.
How to Make Spicy Meatball Pasta?
This is a very easy recipe to make with only a few simple tips and steps to follow:
- Prepare the meatballs – Place minced beef, grated onions, egg, salt, freshly ground black pepper, coriander powder, chili, and chopped parsley in a large bowl. Use minced beef with a minimum of %15 fat for juicy and tasty meatballs. Mix to combine and then knead for a few minutes. Take a small amount from the mixture and turn it into a bite-size meatball. Place them on a plate. Repeat until you run out of the mixture.
Place a large pan or a wok on high heat and heat some vegetable oil. Add half of the meatballs and then nicely sear all sides until brown. Make sure the oil is hot enough before adding the meatballs. We only want to give some colour to the meatballs, not to cook them. Remove them to a plate and repeat with the rest of the meatballs.
- Prepare the sauce – When you finish browning the meatballs, add chopped onions to the pan. Nicely brown the onions for few minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the sliced peppers and saute for few minutes before adding the sliced mushrooms.
Saute the mushrooms until soft and then add the chilli, salt, black pepper, nutmeg, and white wine. Let the white wine reduce totally and then add the double cream. Let the sauce bubble up for a few minutes before adding the browned meatballs. Cook for 8-10 minutes until the meatballs are thoroughly cooked. Start cooking your pasta in boiling water in meanwhile.
- Cook the pasta and mix with the sauce – While preparing the sauce, put some water to boil for pasta. While the meatballs are cooking in the sauce, start cooking your choice of pasta in boiling water. Make sure to follow the instructions on the packaging. Add grated cheese to the sauce before adding the cooked pasta and then add the chopped herbs. Give it a good stir, check the seasoning and garnish with some parmesan shavings.
Video Tutorial
Yes, you can reheat the meatballs and pasta in a microwave oven. Make sure you set the microwave to medium heat for heating the meatballs gently. Alternatively, you can reheat it in an oven. Cover the pasta with tin foil or lid and reheat for 1o to 15 minutes or until the meatballs are thoroughly hot.
Although I prefer to use tube-type pasta for this dish to let the sauce sneak in, you can choose any type of your favourite pasta. If you prefer flat-rybon type pasta, you can use Fettuccine, Linguine, Tagliatelle, and Pappardelle.
This creamy and cheesy dish goes well with a nice bowl of salad. Try it with Rocket and Parmesan Salad, Tomato and Walnut Salad, or some lovely refreshing Greek Salad.
I hope you enjoy the process of making this delicious Meatball Pasta as much as you enjoy eating it! 🙂
Bon appétit! / Afiyet Olsun!
Spicy Meatball Pasta
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
- 400 g minced beef (minimum of %15 fat for soft and juicy meatballs)
- 1 medium onion (grated)
- 1 small egg
- 1 TSP salt
- ½ TSP freshly ground black pepper
- ½ TSP coriander powder
- ½ TSP chili flakes or powder
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
- 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil for frying
For the Creamy Sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 medium onions (thinly sliced or finely chopped)
- 2 Turkish green peppers (or 1 green bell pepper or 3-4 padron peppers)
- ½ red pepper
- 250 g button or chestnut mushrooms (use wild mushrooms for a deeper and stronger taste)
- 1 red chili (finely chopped)
- 1 TSP salt
- ½ TSP freshly ground black pepper
- ½ TSP nutmeg
- ½ cup white wine (120 ml)
- ⅞ cup double cream (200 ml)
- 100 g grated parmesan
- 50 g grated cheddar
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
- few sprigs fresh thyme (finely chopped)
- 400 g penne pasta (or any of your favourite)
- parmesan shavings (to garnish)
Instructions
Making the meatballs
- Place minced beef, grated onions, egg, salt, freshly ground black pepper, coriander powder, chili, and chopped parsley in a large bowl.
- Mix until nicely combined and knead for few minutes.
- Take a small amount from the mixture and turn it into a bite-size meatball. Place on a plate. Repeat until you finish the mixture.
- Place a large pan or a wok on high heat and heat some vegetable oil.
- Add half of the meatballs and nicely sear all sides until brown. Remove to a plate and repeat with the rest of the meatballs.
- Add grated cheese to the sauce before adding the cooked pasta and then add the chopped herbs.
- Give it a good stir, check the seasoning and garnish with some parmesan shavings.
Preparing the creamy sauce
- When you finish browning the meatballs, add chopped onions to the pan.
- Nicely brown the onions for few minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the sliced peppers and saute for few minutes before adding the sliced mushrooms.
- Saute the mushrooms until soft and then add the chilli, salt, black pepper, nutmeg, and white wine.
- Let the white wine reduce totally and then add the double cream.
- Let the sauce bubble up for a few minutes before adding the browned meatballs.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes until the meatballs are thoroughly cooked. Start cooking your pasta in boiling water in meanwhile.
Cook the pasta and combine with the sauce
- While the meatballs are cooking in the sauce, start cooking your choice of pasta in boiling water. Make sure to follow the instructions on the packaging.
- Add grated cheese to the sauce before adding the cooked pasta and then add the chopped herbs.
- Give it a good stir, check the seasoning and garnish with some parmesan shavings.
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