Meatball sauce- an easy home-made sauce to use with meatballs, pasta, chilli or salsa. Make it in bulk and keep portions in the freezer.
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Meatballs with spaghetti are one of my go-to quick weeknight dinners when things are busy at work. They are fairly easy to make from scratch, but they are on my very short list of things I can't bothered with! Along with pastry, I think the ready-made ones are more than good enough to use at home for the time that you save. All you need to do is cook the pre-made meatballs, make a decent meatball sauce and get some pasta on the go.
My meatball sauce can be easily made in bulk and frozen ready to use for anything you want. It's very versatile and can be used as a base for pasta sauce, lasagne, salsa, chilli and so on. It's very handy to have in the freezer, ready to go.
Meatballs with spaghetti are one of my go-to quick weeknight dinners when things are busy at work. They are fairly easy to make from scratch, but they are on my very short list of things I can't bothered with! Along with pastry, I think the ready-made ones are more than good enough to use at home for the time that you save. All you need to do is cook the pre-made meatballs, make a decent meatball sauce and get some pasta on the go.
My meatball sauce can be easily made in bulk and frozen ready to use for anything you want. It's very versatile and can be used as a base for pasta sauce, lasagne, salsa, chilli and so on. It's very handy to have in the freezer, ready to go.
Top Tips
- Chop the onions according to what you want to use it for. You'll probably want them quite fine for salsa or lasagne, a little chunkier is fine for meatball sauce.
- When reducing the sauce, make sure it's just simmering, not boiling, or it may reduce too far and burn on the bottom.
- For freezing, allow to cool and then pour into individual portion containers for meatball sauce or salsa, or in one large container for lasagne/chilli for example.
- You can easily double or triple the recipe for batch cooking.
Make Meatball Sauce
Make the meatball sauce
Add the meatballs and allow to simmer.
Serve
Yield: 4
Meatball Sauce
prep time: 5 Mcook time: 20 Mtotal time: 25 M
Meatball sauce- an easy home-made sauce to use with meatballs, pasta, chilli or salsa. Make it in bulk and keep portions in the freezer.
ingredients:
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 200 ml of beef stock
- 100ml red wine, optional
instructions:
How to cook Meatball Sauce
- Soften the onion and garlic in a saucepan with the oil on medium heat. They should start to colour but not go dark.
- Add the tomato puree and the chopped tomatoes (and the wine, if using) and mix through.
- Add the beef stock and the Worcester Sauce and turn up the heat until it's simmering.
- Reduce the heat and leave to simmer for 10-15 mins until it has reduced.
- If using for meatballs, add the freshly cooked meatballs and allow to simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Serve, or allow the sauce to cool and freeze in portions, or, as a batch.
NOTES:
Chop the onions according to what you want to use it for. You'll probably want them quite fine for salsa or lasagne, a little chunkier is fine for meatball sauce.
When reducing the sauce, make sure it's just simmering, not boiling, or it may reduce too far and burn on the bottom.
For freezing, allow to cool and then pour into individual portion containers for meatball sauce or salsa, or in one large container for lasagne/chilli for example.
You can easily double or triple the recipe for batch cooking.
Calories
71
71
Fat (grams)
1
1
Sat. Fat (grams)
0.21
0.21
Carbs (grams)
9
9
Fiber (grams)
2
2
Net carbs
7
7
Sugar (grams)
5
5
Protein (grams)
2
2
Sodium (milligrams)
122
122
Cholesterol (grams)
0.00
0.00
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