Summer season courgetti & meatballs

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Attach the mince in a bowl, season smartly and add the crushed garlic. Mix along along with your hands, then shape into miniature meatballs – roughly the scale of a cherry tomato. Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a huge frying pan, add the meatballs and fry for 10-15 mins except golden brown. In the period in-between, tip the tomatoes correct into a roasting tin with the total garlic cloves and the last notice oil. Season and roll across the tin except smartly lined in oil, then roast for 15 mins.

While the meatballs and tomatoes cook, employ a spiralizer – I extinct the finer noodle attachment – or a julienne peeler to abolish courgette noodles. Once cooked, tip the meatballs into the roasting tin with the tomatoes, fish out the garlic and build of living aside, then duvet the tin with foil to assist heat.

Wash the frying pan. Heat one other 1 tbsp oil within the pan, squeeze the garlic cloves from their skins into the pan and mash with a fork. When sizzling, add the crème fraîche, lemon zest and some seasoning. Add the courgetti and toss within the pan for 30 secs except warmed via – to any extent extra and this could per chance wilt. Rob away the pan from the heat, and tip within the meatballs, tomatoes and any juices from the tin. Toss collectively and scatter with pine nuts, basil and Parmesan, when you happen to admire.