Pasta Bows with Spiced Meatballs

Name: Pasta Bows with Spiced Meatballs
Yield: Serves 3-4
Ingredients: 375-425 g (12-14 oz) pasta bows; 397 g (14 oz) can chopped tomatoes; Small handful fresh basil or lovage leaves, sliced into thin strips; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 8-10 sage leaves, chopped finely; 1 teaspoon dill seeds; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 4 pinches cayenne pepper; 25 g (1 oz) butter; Salt and black pepper; 375 g (12 oz) lean minced pork or veal; grated Parmesan cheese to serve

Preparation info

Serves
3-4

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

About

This pasta dish is practical for a main course at a dinner party as you can make the meatball sauce in advance and all you need to do is reheat the sauce when you cook the pasta. For greatest ease you need only serve a green salad with the pasta, but broad beans or french beans also go well with it.

Ingredients

375 g (12 oz) lean minced pork or veal
2 teaspoons grou

Dinner
Main course
Pasta
Spicy

Method

Pound the minced meat in a bowl to make it as soft as possible. Add the ground coriander, dill seeds, chopped sage leaves, cayenne pepper, about half the crushed garlic and a sprinkling of salt. Mix together thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Then, using wet hands, form the mixture into very small balls.

Heat the olive oil and butter in a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the meatball