{"id":1828,"date":"2022-05-23T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2022-05-23T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T09:51:02","slug":"one-pan-spaghetti-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/one-pan-spaghetti-meatballs\/general\/","title":{"rendered":"One-pan spaghetti meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is made possible by BBC Food!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 slice wholemeal or white bread, roughly torn<\/li>\n<li>1 free-range egg<\/li>\n<li>250g\/9oz lean beef mince (5% fat or less)<\/li>\n<li>1 garlic clove, finely grated or crushed<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp roughly chopped thyme leaves<\/li>\n<li>15g\/\u00bdoz Parmesan, freshly grated<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd onion, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd carrots, peeled and grated<\/li>\n<li>400g tin chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd tbsp tomato pur\u00e9e<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp red wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>225g\/8oz dried spaghetti, broken in half<\/li>\n<li>800ml\/28fl oz boiling water (see recipe tip)<\/li>\n<li>sea salt and freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 small handful basil leaves, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Put the bread and egg into a bowl and squish together. Add the beef, garlic, thyme and a third of the Parmesan and squish together until smooth. Season with a pinch of salt and black pepper, divide into nine pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Once divided, roll them into ball shapes.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the oil in a large deep casserole pan over a high heat, add the meatballs and cook for 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Push to one side of the pan, then add the onion and carrots and fry for 2 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tomatoes, tomato pur\u00e9e, oregano and vinegar and mix gently. Stir in the spaghetti, then add the boiling water. Then turn down the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure the pasta is submerged in the liquid and not sticking together.<\/li>\n<li>Leave to stand for a few minutes, then stir in the basil and serve with the remaining Parmesan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is made possible by BBC Food! Ingredients 1 slice wholemeal or white bread, roughly torn 1 free-range egg 250g\/9oz lean beef mince (5% fat or less) 1 garlic clove, finely grated or crushed 1 tsp roughly chopped thyme leaves 15g\/\u00bdoz Parmesan, freshly grated 1 tbsp olive oil \u00bd onion, roughly chopped 1\u00bd carrots,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}