# 15 minute Sausage meatballs

Watch me make this Sausage meatballs in 15 minutes flat.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 700 g good sausages, keep the skin on, cut into 1.5 cm / 0.6” pieces with a sharp knife or scissors – any flavour, any meat (pork, beef, chicken)
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 0.75 cup chicken stock / broth, low sodium (sub water)
- 700 g tomato passata (US: tomato puree)
- 0.5 tsp dried Italian herb mix
- 0.5 tsp cooking/kosher salt
- 0.25 tsp red pepper flakes, optional (or a pinch of pepper)
- 1 sprig basil – stalk for sauce, leaves for garnish (optional)
- Parmesan, finely grated
- 350 g pasta of choice
- polenta

## Instructions

1. Cut sausages into pieces.
2. Heat oil in a large non stick pan over high heat, brown sausage for 3-4 min (still raw inside).
3. Add garlic for last 15 seconds – don’t let it burn!
4. Add stock and reduce by half (~1 min).
5. Add tomato passata.
6. Add dried Italian herb mix, cooking/kosher salt, red pepper flakes, and basil sprig.
7. Simmer for 4 minutes.
8. Toss with pasta, make sausage subs, or serve over polenta.
9. Serve garnished with lots of parmesan and reserved basil leaves.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- wooden spatula
- spoon
- grater

## Tips

- If making pasta, toss the meatballs and sauce with the cooked pasta + 1/2 cup pasta cooking water for 1 – 2 min on medium heat until the sauce is clinging to pasta, not pooled in base of pot.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP2aIc4Eghh/?igsh=MWY4YnBoc2JzeDh0eQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/684f14c3-3535-4e97-b464-eebcfec3ff0e
- Extracted: 2025-10-23

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