Rocket Pasta with Spicy Sausage Meatballs

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Grab a mixing bowl and combine all of your meatball ingredients, the pork through the Parmesan cheese on the above list. Roll your meatballs into golf ball sizes (or larger if you’d like) and bake for 30 minutes, rotating halfway through cooking.

At this point I would begin my red sauce. You can check out the recipe on my blog for ingredients and directions – or just use store bought. Cook the sauce until the meatballs are finished and set aside.

In a large pot bring water to a boil (enough to cover pasta well), add the pasta and a generous amount of salt. If you’re not a fan of salting the water, you don’t have to. I find it adds extra flavor. Boil the the pasta until it’s al dente.

When meatballs are ready remove from oven to let cool a bit. Drain your pasta and return to pot. Stir in all of the pasta sauce and the baby arugula (reserve a small amount of arugula to chop and garnish) and stir for a minute or longer to combine and wilt the arugula. Plate and serve along with meatballs; garnish with arugula and additional Parmesan cheese if you’d like.