Veal and Sage Meatballs and Pasta with Gorgonzola-Walnut Sauce

Name: Veal and Sage Meatballs and Pasta with Gorgonzola-Walnut Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters (1 bunch) arugula or baby spinach, cleaned and trimmed; 118 milliliters bread crumbs, a couple of handfuls; 2 Tbsps butter; 237 milliliters chicken stock; 237 milliliters cream; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 1 egg; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 237 milliliters Gorgonzola, crumbled; 4 servings Ground black pepper; 454 grams ground veal; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 79 milliliters grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 454 grams gemelli pasta or other short cut pasta; 6 to 8 sage leaves, finely chopped, a couple of tablespoons; 4 servings Salt; 177 milliliters chopped walnuts, divided

Veal and Sage Meatballs and Pasta with Gorgonzola-Walnut Sauce requires around 40 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 1377 calories, 56g of protein, and 78g of fat. This recipe covers 46% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up baby spinach, salt, gemelli pasta, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It works well as a rather expensive main course.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Place water on to boil for pasta. When it comes to a boil, salt the water and cook pasta to al dente.

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Pasta

Water

Salt

Drain.

While pasta is working, place veal in a mixing bowl and add to it the egg, garlic, sage, bread crumbs, cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper, to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Cheese

Garlic

Nutmeg

Pasta

Sage

Veal

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Drizzle a little extra-virgin olive oil into the bowl, mix and roll small 1-inch balls. Arrange balls in a single layer on a nonstick cookie sheet and bake 8 to 10 minutes in a hot oven until meat is golden and firm.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Meat

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Bowl

Toast the walnuts and place them into a food processor. Grind the walnuts and reserve.

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Walnuts

Toast

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Food Processor

In a deep skillet over medium heat melt butter.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Whisk flour into butter and cook a minute then whisk in wine and reduce by half.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Wine

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Whisk

Whisk in stock, when it bubbles and begins to reduce, stir in the cream and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer to thicken the sauce a bit, 2 to 3 minutes, melt in the Gorgonzola and stir in the ground walnuts then season the sauce with pepper, to taste, and maybe a pinch of salt.

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Gorgonzola