Deconstructed Swedish Meatball Pasta
I was in the mood for Swedish meatballs this week for supper but was feeling lazy and didn’t want to go through the hassle of making meatballs. Making meatballs is a multi-step process of using egg, breadcrumbs, onions and ground beef forming balls and browning them prior to using in recipe. While I really enjoy meatballs, after a long day of work I just wanted to pull supper together quicker.
When it comes to the sauce for the deconstructed meatballs, the appeal is the creaminess of the sauce. This is not the time to skimp on milk; I used half and half to provide that extra creaminess for this recipe. This entire recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes and is great when short on time and energy.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground sirloin or ground beef
- 2/3 cup diced white or yellow onion
- 1 cup Half and Half
- 1 cup room temperature water
- 2 cups egg noodles
- 1 tablespoon Better than Bullion Beef
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup shaved parmesan cheese
- pinch of salt and fine black pepper
- For: 3 servings
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 15 min
- Ready in: 30 min
Instructions
- Dice white or yellow onion. Combine water and half and half in glass measuring cup and allow to set out to get close to room temperature.
- Heat large skillet over medium heat and place ground beef in skillet.
- Brown ground beef breaking meat apart into large pea size pieces with spatula while browning.
- When most brown stir in the white onions and cook for another 1-2 minutes until all the beef has browned. Turn the heat up to medium-high heat.
- Add water and half and half to meat mixture and stir well.
- Stir in Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Bring mixture to boil.
- When boiling stir in egg noodles and continue to stir constantly until the pasta is cooked and the liquid has reduced to a sauce that coats the noodles, about five to seven minutes.
- Add the parmesan and stir into mixture to melt in cheese. Remove from heat. Serve and enjoy!
- Per serving
- Energy: 465 kcal / 1944 kJ
- Fat: 24 g
- Protein: 27 g
- Carbs: 37 g
