Italian Meatballs in Spinach Cream Sauce

Submitted by crymara

"Frozen Meatballs in a Creamy Spinach Sauce. A quick easy dinner, that my family loves."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 35 -40 frozen italian meatballs
• 1 cup frozen spinach, cut up
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon dried dill
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

directions

1. Place frozen meatballs in bottom of round casserole.
2. Sprinkle frozen spinach on top of meatballs.
3. Whisk beefstock, sourcream, dill, cumin, lemon juice, salt and cornstarch together in seperate bowl.
4. Pour over meatballs, cover and bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until done.
5. Stir halfway through cooking and take off lid to thicken sauce.
6. Serve over rice or egg noodles.
7. Add extra sourcream after cooking if you like a stroganoffy sauce.

Reviews

[jrusk]

Very good and very different. I doubled the sauce and added 1/2 chopped onion and red pepper flakes. I also used fresh baby spinach and light sour cream. Great change of pace for meatballs. We enjoyed this dinner, thanks!

 

[Cakeflake]

The recipe is great, I like finding something else to do with meatballs. The flavor is very different but tasty. I think I used larger meatballs than what was intended (large golfball size) and it filled my 2 quart round casserole dish to the top so the sauce didn't cover half the meatballs and it was too hard to stir. Next time I will either use a bigger casserole dish or smaller meatballs.

 

[cookn4mytwins]

We really liked this recipe. I liked having meatballs in something other than spaghetti. Next time I make it, I will double the sauce because there wasn't much of it left after baking.

 

[Jezski]

Crymara, a great recipe. Although I cheated and used Italian spices (from spice grinder)as I just didn't want the dill and cumin. We liked it very much, although next time I too will double the sauce. And it was very quick, to make and also to cook.. A keeper....thanks....Janet

 

[MamaCooks]

I loved this recipe. It was so simple to prepare and tasted great! I served it over mashed potatoes. I did double the sauce amounts and next time will increase the cornstarch to get a slightly thicker sauce. This is one of those very versatile recipes. Simply by changing the herbs & spices used, you could crate a whole new taste. I'm looking forward to some experimenting. Thanks for sharing this one.