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Penne and Meatballs. No-boil, fail-proof, garlic-buttery, easy dreamy weeknight dinner. Instant Pot Pasta with Meatballs The Recipe Critic. Penne pasta tossed in a spicy homemade tomato sauce with big meatballs makes this a favorite weeknight meal.

Italian chicken meatballs are combined with Muir Glen™ organic tomato basil sauce, spinach and pasta before being layered with dollops of a gooey, cheesy ricotta and baked until brown and bubbly. I was craving small meatballs and pasta so I decided to make spaghetti and meatballs. I then realized I only had penne pasta, so I made my version of a baked ziti instead. You can have Penne and Meatballs using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Penne and Meatballs

1. You need 24 of meatballs.
2. You need 400 g of fresh penne pasta.
3. It's 100 g of cherry tomatoes.
4. You need 1 of onion.
5. You need 1 tin of tomatoes.
6. Prepare 1 of vegetable stock cube.
7. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
8. You need 2 tsp of dried basil.
9. It's 1 tsp of oregano.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of thyme.
11. It's of Salt and pepper.

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Penne and Meatballs step by step

1. Chop the onion. Add olive oil and the onion to a pan, cook for 2-3 minutes..
2. Add the meatballs. Stiring until the outsides are mostly sealed. In the meantime, heat the water for the pasta..
3. Add the pasta to the boiling water..
4. Chop the cherry tomatoes in half and add them to the meatballs..
5. Add the tin of chopped tomatoes..
6. Add the stock cube, some hot water and all the herbs..
7. Season and mix well..
8. Drain the pasta and serve..

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