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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the mozzarella into little chunks. | 2. You'll need one for each meatball. | 3. Put the beef into a mixing bowl and season with salt, pepper, cumin and thyme. | 4. Add the egg and mix it all together, preferrably with your hands. | 5. Have a bowl of water ready to wet your hands after making each meatball. | 6. Take some of the meat mixture in one hand, flatten it a bit with your palm and put a chunk of mozzarella on top. | 7. Then roll the meat around the mozzarella until you have a walnut-sized ball. | 8. Place finished meatballs on a plate and chill for an hour. | 9. Heat the olive oil and half the butter in a frying pan. | 10. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until softened. | 11. Add the meatballs and cook for five minutes, until a little crisp and golden, stirring gently from time to time. | 12. Add the tomato passata and bring to a simmer. | 13. Reduce the heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes, keeping the heat low and stirring occasionally. | 14. Cook the pasta according to the packet directions. | 15. Drain well and toss in a bowl with the remaining butter. | 16. To finish, stir the pasta into the tomato and meatball mixture. | 17. Serve, sprinkled with parmesan. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
mozzarella cheese	100			-	-	-	-
beef	500		ground lean	265200.6015	0.0	52292.1186	6097.3472
salt black pepper			ground	445.0	0.0	99.0	2.5
cumin	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
thyme	1	teaspoon	dried	0.8079999999999999	0.1956	0.0445	0.0134
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
butter	30			2565.0	117.855	80.145	216.0
garlic	1	clove	minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
red onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
tomato passata	500	g		445.0	0.0	99.0	2.5
pappardelle pasta	250			445.0	0.0	99.0	2.5
parmesan cheese	100	g		370.0	40.0	40.0	5.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.