Sausage Meatballs with Butternut Squash & Potatoes
Sausage meatballs with butternut squash and potatoes is a hearty one-bowl main course made in the Thermomix TM7. The Varoma gently steams the vegetables while the paprika-seasoned meatballs cook, and the mixing bowl blends cream and cornflour into a silky sauce. A comforting family dinner with minimal washing up.
About this recipe
Sausage Meatballs with Butternut Squash & Potatoes Thermomix TM7 brings a complete, warming dinner to your table with almost no washing up. If you are searching for one-pot recipes for your all-in-one kitchen machine, this quick weeknight dinner is exactly what you need: paprika-spiced meatballs, steamed butternut squash and potatoes, all finished with a silky cream sauce blitzed in the same bowl. The fresh parsley is chopped in seconds, the cornflour is blended lump-free into the cream, and the Varoma steams the vegetables gently so the squash stays sweet and tender while the potatoes turn soft inside. It is the kind of recipe that makes the Thermomix TM7 shine on busy evenings, when you want honest, hearty food without juggling three pans on the hob. Serve it straight from the bowl with extra parsley scattered over for colour and freshness.
Preparation tips
- For the best texture, choose floury potatoes and cut them into even pieces the same size as the butternut squash cubes so both steam to ideal tenderness at the same moment in the Varoma.
- Roll the sausagemeat into uniform meatballs with lightly wet hands; the parsley you chop first keeps them fragrant and helps bind the mixture without extra breadcrumbs.
- Leftovers keep well in the fridge for two days; reheat the meatballs and sauce gently and add a splash of vegetable stock to loosen the creamy paprika sauce before serving.
Recipe variations
- Make it lactose-free by replacing the cream with oat-based cooking cream and confirming your sausagemeat is lactose-free; the cornflour still thickens the sauce to the same silky consistency.
- For a seasonal autumn version, swap half the butternut squash for peeled pumpkin cubes and add a pinch of smoked paprika to the meatballs for a deeper, warmer flavour.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- The TM7 chops fresh parsley leaves in seconds, giving evenly fine herbs that distribute their flavour through every meatball. [Multi-Function]
- Thanks to gentle steaming, the Varoma cooks butternut squash and potatoes to tender perfection while retaining their natural sweetness. [Multi-Function]
- Weigh sausagemeat and cream directly in the mixing bowl, so the built-in scale keeps every ratio accurate without extra washing up. [Built-in Scale]
- Heating the cream and cornflour sauce with automatic stirring prevents lumps and delivers a velvety paprika sauce without constant supervision. [Hands-Free]
- Blending the sauce with the mixing function combines stock and seasonings into a smooth, lump-free finish in just moments. [Multi-Function]
Ingredients
- fresh parsley leaves
- liquid vegetable stock
- oil
- potatoes
- butternut squash
- fine sea salt
- ground black pepper
- sweet paprika
- sausagemeat
- cream