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Pork and Pine Nut Penne

Total fat content:  Approximately 91.2g of fat

Easy dinner for the whole family

Course Dinner
Keyword Penne, Pine Nuts, Pork
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 g pork mince 25g of fat
  • 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 18.3g of fat
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 veg stock pot or stock cube
  • 70 g pine nuts 47.9g of fat
  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano
  • 400 g tinned tomatoes
  • 1 packet penne

Instructions

  1. Place a pot of water on the stove and follow cooking instructions on the packet of Penne.

  2. Grate the zucchini, peel and crush the garlic and finely dice the onion.

  3. Place a large frying pan on a high heat and pour in the pine nuts.  Move the pine nuts around, evenly toasting as you go.  One slightly browned, pour into a small bowl ready for later.  Place the pan back on the heat.

  4. Add the oil and the onion and cook for a couple of minutes until slightly softened.

  5. Add the garlic and the zucchini and stir for a couple more minutes.

  6. Add the pork mince to the frying pan.  Constantly breaking it up with your spoon as it cooks.

  7. Once the pork is broken up and cooked through, add the tomatoes, stock pot and oregano.

  8. Once everything is incorporated, stir in the toasted pine nuts.

  9. Serve stirred through the cooked penne (or any other choice of pasta).

Recipe Notes

Total fat content:  Approximately 91.2g of fat.

8 child serves at approximately 11.4g of fat per serve.