NEW - Quorn Italian Meatballs in Gorgonzola Sauce

Quorn Italian meatballs served in a delicious blue cheese sauce, can be accompanied with green veg and pasta or warm crusty bread and a salad.

Preparation Time: 5
Cooking Time: 25
Difficulty: 2
Serves: 4

Let's Cook

  1. Heat the oil and gently cook the Quorn Italian meatballs in a shallow frying pan.
  2. Melt the butter or margarine in a small heavy based saucepan, add the flour, stir well and heat gently for 1 minute. Add the vegetable stock and milk and continue stirring over the heat until the sauce has thickened.
  3. Reduce the heat and add the crumbled blue cheese, nutmeg, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
  4. Continue to simmer gently for a further 4 minutes stirring regularly.
  5. Place the meatballs in an ovenproof dish and pour over the blue cheese sauce. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C, Gas Mark 4 for 15 minutes or until browned and bubbling. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with pasta or rice or simply a fresh green salad.

 

Ingredients

280g Quorn Italian meatballs
2 tablespoons oil
45g butter or margarine
25g plain flour
350ml vegetable stock
350ml milk
75g crumbled Gorgonzola cheese - or other blue cheese - Roquefort or Stilton work well too.
salt and freshly ground black pepper
pinch of nutmeg
zest of ½ lemon
1 tablespoon chopped parsley