Belgian Chicory Pasta 🍝🥬 – With Juicy Meatballs

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often less expensive.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crackers

Oats can bind meatballs while being healthier, and crushed crackers are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Mix 500 grams of minced meat with 1 egg and 3 tablespoons of breadcrumbs in a mixing bowl.

Finely chop 2 shallots and add them to the meat mixture.

Roll the mixture into balls.

Heat a combination of butter and olive oil in a skillet.

Remove the outer leaves from 4 chicory, cut out the core, and cut into pieces.

Sauté the chicory in the skillet for 5 minutes.

Add 300 ml of chicken stock, 2 teaspoons of sugar, pepper, and salt to the skillet with chicory.

Simmer the mixture for 15 minutes.

Cook penne pasta according to package instructions until al dente, then drain.

Serve the meatballs and chicory mixture over the cooked penne pasta, garnished with parsley if desired.

Cooking Techniques

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