Spaghetti with mince in a spiced tomato sauce

Ingredients

• Recipe:
• spaghetti – 200 g
• mince – 300 g
• egg – 1 pc
• onion – 1 pc
• cooked rice – 2 tbsp
• tomato – 1 pc
• cheese – 100 g
• parsley
• Sauce:
• tomato purée – 2 tbsp
• water – 1,5 glasses
• salt – 0.5 tsp
• sugar – 0.5 tsp
• ground black pepper – ¼ tsp
• oregano – ¼ tsp
• ground coriander – ¼ tsp
• ground paprika – ¼ tsp

Method

1. Step 1

   Sauce: tomato purée 2 tbsp, water 1½ cups, salt ½ tsp, sugar ½ tsp, black pepper ¼ tsp, oregano ¼ tsp, ground coriander ¼ tsp, paprika ¼ tsp. Parsley to finish.

   
2. Step 2

   Bake pasta nests with pork-and-chicken meatballs in a sweet-spiced tomato sauce. Boil long durum pasta (spaghetti works) until just shy of done, cool slightly and coil into nests in an ovenproof dish.

   
3. Step 3

   A little olive oil on the base, a slice of fresh tomato under each nest.

   
4. Step 4

   For the meatballs: pork-chicken mince, chopped onion, a little cooked rice, egg and seasoning. Shape, fry 1 minute a side on a high heat, and set on the nests.

   
5. Step 5

   Loosen tomato purée in warm water with salt, sugar, pepper, coriander, oregano and paprika.

   
6. Step 6

   Pour the sauce over and bake 30 minutes at 180°C. Scatter grated cheese and bake 10 minutes more.