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Pasta with Mascarpone and Meatballs

Cooking time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4

A delicious Italian-inspired pasta with a rich sauce of tomato, mascarpone, and delightful Grana Padano, tossed with small meatballs.

Pasta with Mascarpone and Meatballs

Ingredients

  • Meatballs
  • Ingredients
  • 400 g minced veal and pork
  • 1 egg
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 3 tbsp breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp dried chili
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • Sauce
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cans chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 50 g grated Grana Padano
  • 100 g mascarpone
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 400 g spaghetti

Instructions

  1. Meatballs
  2. Mix the meat with all ingredients and refrigerate
  3. Form small meatballs and fry them in a pan
  4. Sauce
  5. Chop onions and garlic, and sauté them in a sauté pan
  6. Add chopped tomatoes and tomato paste and let simmer for 5 - 10 minutes
  7. Add the remaining ingredients, stir, and let simmer for 10 minutes until you have a creamy sauce
  8. Cook the pasta al dente and then mix with the sauce and meatballs
  9. Serve with freshly grated Grana Padano and basil

Pasta with Mascarpone and Meatballs

Dinner
Pasta with Mascarpone and Meatballs

A delicious Italian-inspired pasta with a rich sauce of tomato, mascarpone, and delightful Grana Padano, tossed with small meatballs.

Posted on 9/14/2025

Servings

4

Total time

45 minutes

Servings

4

Total time

45 minutes

Ingredients

Meatballs

•
Ingredients
•
400 g minced veal and pork
•
1 egg
•
1 onion
•
1 tbsp tomato paste
•
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
•
1 tsp salt
•
1 tsp pepper
•
1 tsp dried chili
•
1 tsp paprika
•
1 tsp dried basil

Sauce

•
2 tbsp olive oil
•
2 onions
•
2 cloves garlic
•
2 cans chopped tomatoes
•
1 tbsp tomato paste
•
50 g grated Grana Padano
•
100 g mascarpone
•
1 tsp sugar
•
1 tsp salt
•
Freshly ground pepper
•
400 g spaghetti

Instructions

Meatballs

1

Mix the meat with all ingredients and refrigerate

2

Form small meatballs and fry them in a pan

Sauce

1

Chop onions and garlic, and sauté them in a sauté pan

2

Add chopped tomatoes and tomato paste and let simmer for 5 - 10 minutes

3

Add the remaining ingredients, stir, and let simmer for 10 minutes until you have a creamy sauce

4

Cook the pasta al dente and then mix with the sauce and meatballs

5

Serve with freshly grated Grana Padano and basil


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