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Puttanesca meatball bake served on a plate

Puttanesca meatball bake

Name: Puttanesca meatball bake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 24 ready-made meatballs; 2 garlic cloves finely sliced; pinch dried chilli flakes (optional); 2 anchovies chopped (optional); 2 small courgettes (about 250g), coarsely grated; 2 tbsp capers rinsed, drained and roughly chopped; 70g pitted black olives halved; 500ml passata; 300g penne (or other pasta shapes); 2 tbsp grated parmesan

Lulu Grimes

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Serves 4-6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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This quick-to-prepare pasta bake with capers, chilli flakes, olives and courgettes is the ideal midweek meal. Tasty and filling, it'll satisfy the whole family

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp olive oil
24 ready-made meatballs
2 garlic cloves

finely sliced
pinch dried chilli flakes

(optional)
2 anchovies

chopped (optional)
2 small courgettes

(about 250g), coarsely grated
2 tbsp capers

rinsed, drained and roughly chopped
70g pitted black olives

halved
500ml passata
300g penne

(or other pasta shapes)
2 tbsp grated parmesan

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Nutrition: Per serving (6)

kcal438
fat17g
saturates6g
carbs43g
sugars6g
fibre5g
protein25g
salt1.3g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the meatballs until they are browned all over, then tip them into a dish. Add the garlic and chilli, if using, to the leftover oil in the pan and cook it briefly along with the anchovies, if using. Fry until the anchovies almost melt, then add the courgettes and cook until any liquid they give off has evaporated. Stir in the capers, olives and passata and bring to a simmer. Add the meatballs and cook for 5 mins more, then season if needed.
step 2

Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions, drain well, then tip into an ovenproof baking dish about 25cm wide. Spoon over the meatball mixture, stir into the pasta and level the surface as much as possible. Sprinkle over the parmesan and bake for 30 mins, or until the top is browned a little and the sauce is bubbling. Rest for 5 mins before serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2019

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