This slow cooker recipe is perfect for batch-cooking and planning your meals ahead of time. Make one batch of our slow-cooked meatballs to enjoy twice throughout the week, either simply with some spaghetti or squashed into a sandwich. But first, try it in this ultimate meatball pasta bake – it’s a real crowd-pleaser. Use the other half in this inventive curry.
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2HR
Total time
Ingredients
Servings
3
For the slow cooker meatballs
1 tin
(400 g)
(400 g)
peeled plum tomatoes
1 jar
(690 g)
(690 g)
M&S Italian passata with soffritto
1
M&S Remarksable Value brown onion, peeled, halved
2 cloves
M&S Remarksable Value garlic, peeled
25 g
M&S Collection Farmhouse British butter
2 tsp
red wine vinegar
1 tsp
caster sugar
2 tbsp
M&S everything tomato, garlic and herb paste
1 handful
basil
1 pack
(240 g)
(240 g)
M&S Select Farms British beef mini meatball
For the pasta bake
200 g
rigatoni
1 tsp
Italian herb seasoning
1 tsp
fennel seeds
optional
1 tbsp
M&S roasted red pepper paste
1 tub
(170 g)
(170 g)
M&S marinated Italian pesto mozzarella
25 g
parmesan, grated
Nutrition per serving
Calories
837kcal
Fat
43.0 g
Saturates
19.7 g
Sugars
31.0 g
Salt
1366.8 mg
