Turkey meatballs with creamy lemon pasta

These meatballs are healthy, tasty and easy to make.

Turkey meatballs with creamy lemon pasta

Servings:	Serves 4
Calories per serving:	592
Ready in:	25 minutes
Prep. time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	15 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	25th October 2012

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Ingredients

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• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 500g turkey breast mince
• Zest from 1 lemon
• Juice from ½ a lemon
• 350 g fresh pasta (pappardelle, linguine, spaghetti etc)
• 6 tablespoon crème fraîche
• 50 g wild rocket

to serve

• Green salad leaves

Method

1. Add the lemon zest, turkey mince, salt and pepper to a bolw and mix well with clean hands.
2. Form into 20 balls, (slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball)
3. Fry in olive oil for 12 to 15 minutes, turning regularly.
4. Meanwhile cook the pasta as instructed on the pack - fresh pasta normally only needs 3 or 4 minutes - it changes visually once it is cooked.
5. Dress the pasta with lemon juice and crème fraîche and seasoning
6. Stir in 50g of the rocket leaves and allow it to wilt.

Serving suggestions

Serve with fresh salad leaves

Recipe source

• Inspiration from a Waitrose recipe card

Variations

• If you have a food processor, make your own mince; just whizz a turkey breast for a few seconds with a metal blade.
• Try this with chicken or veal

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