Hello Dear Reader,
DB has a theory that all food is better if you add bacon. He also believes that the best thing for a bacon sandwich is more bacon. He has a point.
Our local butchers sells 24 frozen beef meats balls for 99p! You really ought to live where I live and I bought a pack of smoky streaky bacon for 99p in Aldi. This is more than enough for four portions of my beefy bacon balls in a Chasseur sauce.
You will need for the sauce
50g butter
1 finely chopped courgette, pepper, onion and 8 finely chopped mushrooms,
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
3 finely sliced carrots
1 glass of wine
300ml of stock - I used a cube and water
1 teaspoon of chopped garlic
2 teaspoons of tomato puree/paste
1 scant teaspoon of corn flour.
Pasta
Meatballs
Streaky bacon.
Set the slow cooker to low.
Heat a pan with butter.
Add the courgette, mushrooms, pepper and onion.
Blend in the corn flour.
Add to the slow cooker.
Add the rest of the ingredients and stir.
This will bubble away all day.
Wrap the bacon around the meat balls, cover and leave in the fridge until you get in from work.
Leave these to bubble away for 30 minutes. In that time, cook the pasta.
Cook and drain the pasta, stir through a tiny bit of butter and then add to the meat and sauce.
Give it a good stir to coat the pasta.
Easily serves four meals, some for tonight and some for lunch tomorrow.
Missed some recipes?
Try these
Chicken and bacon pie
Roasted Vegetable soup
Blackberry, Apricot, Crumble and Custard Cake
Mince and potato pie
I still haven't used my oven and everything is getting cooked in my crockpot! This has got to be saving me money!
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxx
Oh my! I'm literally drooling at that recipe especially the photo. Suddenly my very plain medallion rump steaks with mash, veg and gravy just isn't cutting the mustard. Oh, the medallion steaks were a super bargain from a local store; I thought they would be a treat. Can I come to yours instead please?
ReplyDeleteThis looks divine. Sadly, I can't eat it at the moment because I am still on the Dukan Diet, and don't dare cook something this tasty for the rest of the family! It would be too cruel. I will make a mental note to treat myself to this meal when I'm eating normally again. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteThose meatballs are an amazing price and the recipe looks completely delicious. Your DB sounds very like my DH; he loves. loves, loves bacon. His favourite sandwich is bacon and fried onions.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious looking meal. Will definitely put it on my list of recipes to try. Last night I cooked your fish pie and it was delicious.
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling and I don't often eat meat! Pasta is wonderful. It can be elegant, is cheap and oh so comforting!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work Froogs!
I am defiantly going to try this one it looks scrumptious xxx
ReplyDeleteI made your "chicken" pie, yummy! Love your recipes :)
ReplyDeleteA 'to do' recipe. The family would love it. I can't believe how cheap food is for you. You can use ingredients that are a fraction of the price I can get them for. In Australia prices for everything have been skyrocketing for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteThe prices you quote are amazing. I made beef rissoles with bacon for my family last night. However, my mother refuses to eat pasta and many other foods. It makes life a challenge.
ReplyDeleteDirect question Froogs- I am allergic to a number of foods. The main allergy is egg yolk and seafood. Most of the time I cope but at present I am so resentful. Any suggestions? It even boils down to the bread I can eat. Unlike many I eat white wheat bread to avoid the grains I cannot eat.
That looks and sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOh , I must so make these as I have a lot of bacon bought on special....my man too loves his bacon :)
ReplyDeleteAlexa-asimplelife from Sydney, Australia