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Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Nigella Lawson) Recipe

Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Nigella Lawson) Recipe

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Nutrition

2447

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Ingredients:

Serving

1 onion, peeled
1 celery stalk
2 tbsp garlic flavoured oil
1 tsp dried thyme
2 x 14 oz cans diced plus approx. 3 1/3 cups (2 full cans) water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp kosher salt flakes
pepper , to taste
1 lb ground turkey
1 egg
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
3 tbsp grated parmesan
2 tbsp of finely chopped onion and celery (from the tomato sauce ingredients above)
1 tsp worcestershire sauce (such as lea and perrins)
1/2 tsp dried thyme

Directions:

Put the peeled onion and celery into a processor and blitz to a mush. Or you can chop as finely as humanly possible by hand. Reserve 2 tablespoons for the meatball mixture.
Warm the garlic flavoured oil in a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven, add the onion and celery mixture, along with the thyme, and cook at moderate to low heat, stirring every now and again, for about 10 minutes.
Add the cans of tomato, filling up each empty can with water to add to the pan. Season with the sugar, salt and pepper, stir and then leave to come to a bubble, and then turn down to let it simmer gently while you get on with the meatballs.
Put all the ingredients for the meatballs, including the reserved chopped onion and celery, and salt according to preference, into a large bowl and mix together, gently, with your hands, wearing disposable vinyl gloves if you feel so inclined. Don't over-mix, as that will make the meatballs dense-textured and heavy.
When all the meatball ingredients are not too officiously amalgamated, start rolling. The easiest way really to do this is to pinch out an amount about the size of a generously heaped teaspoon and roll into a bowl between the palms of your hands. Put the meatballs on a baking tray, lined with baking parchment or greaseproof paper, as you go. You should get about 50 little meatballs.
Drop these gently into the simmering sauce; I try and let these fall in concentric circles working around the pan from the outside edge inwards, in only the vaguest of fashions.
Let the meatballs cook for 30 minutes, until cooked through. Serve with rice or pasta or however you so please.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	2447.4 Kcal (10247 kJ)
Calories from fat	578.78 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	64.31g	99%
Cholesterol	1684.9mg	562%
Sodium	4607.88mg	192%
Potassium	6096.07mg	130%
Total Carbs	27.19g	9%
Sugars	10.56g	42%
Dietary Fiber	4.88g	20%
Protein	433.85g	868%
Vitamin C	12.5mg	21%
Iron	77.7mg	431%
Calcium	401.5mg	40%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	113.49 Kcal (475 kJ)
Calories from fat	26.84 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	2.98g	99%
Cholesterol	78.13mg	562%
Sodium	213.67mg	192%
Potassium	282.68mg	130%
Total Carbs	1.26g	9%
Sugars	0.49g	42%
Dietary Fiber	0.23g	20%
Protein	20.12g	868%
Vitamin C	0.6mg	21%
Iron	3.6mg	431%
Calcium	18.6mg	40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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bitter
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