Saturday 22 February 2014

Cheese-stuffed meatballs


cheese stuffed meatballs

These cheese-stuffed meatballs are really simple and tasty and are a good way of jazzing up spaghetti bolognese if it's a dish you make a lot or you have someone who isn't that keen on pasta (strangely enough there are people like that out there!). Somehow the idea of a cheese-stuffed meatball is so much better than spaghetti bolognese even though there's not all that much difference!

I made these to use up some freshly minced beef I made after buying chuck steak from the local butcher and trying out my Kitchenaid mincer attachment. You can mix the mince with whatever you like such as finely diced onion, garlic, oregano and other herbs and a little salt. Then cut cubes of hard cheese - I've used cheddar here, but you could also try halloumi. Form the mince into a ball around the cheese.


Roll into balls and place in the fridge for about half an hour to firm up.


When ready to cook, heat a frying pan and spray with Fry Light or a little oil and fry the meatballs on all sides until browned.


In the meantime cook some spaghetti according to the packet instructions. You can also make a tomato sauce from scratch if you have time, but here I just used passata as I didn't want to compete too much with the flavour of the meatballs.


As you can see, when you cut into the meatballs, the cheese is softened but still intact; it hasn't oozed out or melted into the meat. These went down very well with my boyfriend!


In fact because I made these for my boyfriend as I knew he would love it (more than spag bol) and because I love him (awww)  I'm sending this to Cheese Please, hosted by Fromage Homage, which has a theme this month of cheesy romance.


I'm also sending this to Pasta Please, as the challenge this month focuses on spaghetti and these meatballs go perfectly with spaghetti. The challenge is hosted this month by a blogger I haven't come across before, called Feeding Boys and a Firefighter, on behalf of Jacqueline at Tinned Tomatoes.

10 comments:

  1. What an amazing idea - I can't wait to try it!

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  2. Nice looking meatballs.Great combination with the pasta and tomato sauce.

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  3. what a brilliant idea!... I love cheese in burgers so this would be amazing... especially with a strong blue cheese... yummy idea x

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  4. Lovely! Love a meatball so a cheesy one sounds even better :) I think there's something a bit romantic about spaghetti too - maybe it's from that scene in 101 Dalmatians where both dogs end up kissing! Thanks for entering this into February's Cheese, Please! Challenge.

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  5. they look good---i fancy trying to make these myself.

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  6. I love the idea of a hidden nugget of tasty cheese in the middle of a meatball - YUM! I think my boys would love it if I made these for them... Thanks for sharing the recipe with us for this month's Pasta Please.

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  7. I am going to make these for dinner tomorrow.

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  8. My meatballs had chunks of cheese in them too for this movie. I'd never done that before, but what a good way to cheese up the pasta!

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  9. I want to get one of those attachments for my mixer, too. What a great dish, Caroline!

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  10. cheese-stuffed meatballs? what a great idea, looks delish!

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