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Melanie Johnson One-pot beef-and-mozzarella meatballs with spinach and ...

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

► Preheat your oven to 180˚C fan/200˚C/400˚F/ gas mark 6.

Step 2

► In a large bowl, mix together the minced beef, breadcrumbs, Parmesan, egg, garlic, oregano and seasoning. Take enough to form a golf ball-sized ball, flatten it in your hand, add asmall piece of mozzarella and enclose it within the minced beef. Repeat until all the mixture is used. You will get about 20–24 meatballs. Add a splash of olive oil to a large heavy-based ovenproof pan that has a lid, sear the meatballs all over to brown them and then set them aside.

Step 3

► To the same pan, add the chopped onion, adding more olive oil if needed, and cook until translucent. Add the garlic, cook for a minute, and then pour in the orzo. Toast the orzo for a couple of minutes and then add the tomatoes, red wine and beef stock, herbs, paprika and seasoning. Return the meatballs to the pan, nestling them in the orzo, and then cover. Place in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the orzo is cooked. Remove the lid, add the fresh spinach and replace the lid— the residual heat will wilt the spinach.

Step 4

Serves 4