Description: Homemade pasta dish. You would not see this pasta in the restaurant. Just mince meat, garlic, parsley and white wine can be added according to your preference.
Serves: 2
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- Spaghetti – 180g
- Mince meat pork (10%) – 120g
- Extra Virgin olive oil – 1 tablespoon
- Garlic cloves – crushed, 3
- Fresh parsley – 2 tablespoons
- Ground black pepper – ½ teaspoon
- Salt – 2 dashes
- White wine (dry) – 100 mL (optional)
- Parmesan cheese – 10g
Method
1. Cook the spaghetti until al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. When pasta is almost cooked, heat the extra virgin olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then add the garlic over low heat for 30 seconds, stirring regularly. (if you like crispy garlic, cook a bit longer and leave them aside and sprinkle before serving).
3. Add the minced meat to the pan with salt and ground mix pepper.
4. When the meat is almost cooked, add wine to the pan then cook until the ingredients absorb the wine.
5. Add the drained pasta to the frying pan. Mix well. If it needs a little more moisture, add a splash of the pasta-cooking water.
To serve: Sprinkle additional ground mix pepper, parmesan cheese and top it with the chopped parsley..
Nutritional Values Per Serving
| Kcal | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fibre | Sugars | Salt | Saturated Fat | Vitamin B3 | Vitamin B6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517.4 | 26.7g | 15.8g | 62.3g | 3.2g | 2.0g | 0.6g | 2.8g | 10.2mg | 0.5mg |
| 25.9% | 53.4% | 22.5% | 24.0% | 10.8% | 2.2% | 10.8% | 14.0% | 78.2% | 38.0% |
Nutritional Tips
Pork is mainly made from mainly protein but also some part of the meat is made of a large amount of fat. Pork is generally rich in vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12, also a good source of phosphorus, zinc, potassium.
In supermarkets, you may find different fat content for mince meat such as 5%, 10%, 20% etc depending on the countries or supermarkets. If you picked the higher fat content, you may consider not adding any oils for cooking or use a smaller amount. This dish can be cooked with chicken or beef as well for those who prefer other meat.
It is important to cook long enough as undercooked or raw pork may contain parasites such as toxoplasma, taenia solium. Having said that, overcooked meat may contain carcinogenic substances. Therefore, it is important to cook well enough but not too much.
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