{"id":2304,"date":"2022-11-02T16:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2022-11-02T16:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:16:18","slug":"shortcut-sausage-meatballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/shortcut-sausage-meatballs\/general\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortcut sausage meatballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is made possible by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">BBC<\/a> Foods!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"recipe-ingredients__heading gel-double-pica\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"recipe-ingredients__list\">\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">450g\/1lb Italian\u00a0sausages<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">2 tbsp garlic\u00a0oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">4 fat or 6 spindly\u00a0spring onions<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">1 tsp dried\u00a0oregano<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">4 tbsp\u00a0white wine\u00a0or vermouth<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">2 x 400g\/14oz cans\u00a0chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">2\u00a0bay leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">salt and freshly ground\u00a0black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-ingredients__list-item\">fresh\u00a0parsley\u00a0(optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"recipe-method__heading gel-double-pica\">Method<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"recipe-method__list\">\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Squeeze out the sausage meat from the sausages and roll small cherry tomato-sized meatballs out of it, putting them onto a cling film-lined baking tray.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"recipe-method__list\">\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Your final tally should be around 40.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan or flameproof casserole and add the meatballs, frying them until golden-brown, as they become firmer, nudge them up in the pan to make room for the rest if you can\u2019t fit them all in at first.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">When all the meatballs are in the pan and browned, add the spring onion and oregano and stir about gently.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Add the wine and chopped tomatoes, then fill half of one of the empty cans with cold water and tip it into the other empty can, then into the pan &#8211; the can-to-can technique is just my way of making sure you swill out as much of the tomato residue as possible.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Pop in the bay leaves and let the pan come to a fast simmer. Leave to cook like this, uncovered, for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Check the sauce for seasoning, adding some salt and pepper if you like.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">During this time you can cook whatever you fancy to go with the meatballs, whether it be pasta, rice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">Once the meatballs are ready, you can eat them immediately or let them stand, off the heat but still on the stove, for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recipe-method__list-item\">\n<p class=\"recipe-method__list-item-text\">The sauce will thicken up a bit on standing. Should your diners be other than children who baulk at \u2018green bits\u2019, sprinkle with parsley to serve.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>Banner and image Credit: <a class=\"mui-19sk0fy-a-underline-inherit-linkContainer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/freeskyline\">freeskyline<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients 450g\/1lb Italian\u00a0sausages 2 tbsp garlic\u00a0oil 4 fat or 6 spindly\u00a0spring onions 1 tsp dried\u00a0oregano 4 tbsp\u00a0white wine\u00a0or vermouth 2 x 400g\/14oz cans\u00a0chopped tomatoes 2\u00a0bay leaves salt and freshly ground\u00a0black pepper, to taste fresh\u00a0parsley\u00a0(optional) Method Squeeze out the sausage meat from the sausages and roll small cherry tomato-sized&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2305,"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-2304","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\/2304","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=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions\/2306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}