Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, spaghetti and meat balls. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spaghetti and Meat Balls is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Spaghetti and Meat Balls is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have spaghetti and meat balls using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti and Meat Balls:
- Make ready Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Get Grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready Spaghetti noodles
- Take Garlic bread
- Take Side salad
- Prepare Meat sauce
- Prepare 1 lb ground beef and/or ground Italian sausage
- Take 1 large Onion, finely chopped
- Get 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- Prepare 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- Take 2 tablespoons sugar or to taste (see notes)
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
- Make ready Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Prepare 1 tablespoons garlic powder
- Prepare Meat balls
- Get 1/2 lb ground beef
- Get 1/2 lb ground pork
- Prepare 1 egg
- Make ready 4 tsp good quality, unflavored, breadcrumbs
- Prepare 2 tsp extract virgin olive oil
- Prepare 1 tsp dried basil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Steps to make Spaghetti and Meat Balls:
- Mix 1 pound of ground beef with 1/2 tsp. garlic and 1/2 tsp. basil. Add egg and bread crumbs, and mix well. Heat oil in a large pot. Form meat mixture into 1-inch balls, and fry until golden in the hot oil. Remove meat balls to a plate.
- In a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add beef, sausage, and onion and cook until mostly browned, about 5 minutes. Drain, add in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder..
- Add sugar to taste. For some, that means omitting it entirely. For others, you can increase the sugar up to 1/4 cup.
- Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper (I like 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper). Yield: 2 quarts of sauce
- Bring 3-4 quarts of salted water to boil in a large soup pot or pasta pot. Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions. When "al dente," drain the spaghetti, and put back into the large pot.
- Quickly stir in several tablespoons of the spaghetti sauce to keep the spaghetti from sticking to itself. Serve mounds of the spaghetti with sauce and meatballs on top, according to taste. It's also fine to mix most of the sauce and meatballs directly into the pasta and serve in large bowls.
- Dont forget to serve with garlic bread and a side salad. Make sure you have shredded mozzarella cheese for on top of your spaghetti and meat balls. Enjoy.
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