The Ultimate Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe
photo by JayBee85
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
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MEATBALLS
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 3 slices crumbled white bread
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 crushed garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
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SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 12 ounces tomato paste
- 52 ounces canned plum tomatoes
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 1⁄2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. To make meatballs, beat eggs lightly with a fork, add milk and bread, and let it stand for 5 minutes so the bread is moist.
- Add ground beef, onion, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. Blend together well. Shape the mixture into meatballs (for some reason, making little tiny bite-sized meatballs makes them taste better, but takes up a lot of time as well).
- Place the meatballs on a greased cookie sheet in the oven for 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the meatballs.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a really big pot over med-high heat. Add the garlic and onion and saute until it's a light golden brown. Add the plum tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, basil, pepper, and the water to the pot. Make sure to crush up the tomatoes a bit with a spoon. Bring mixture to boil, then reduce heat to low. Continue simmering for half an hour.
- When meatballs are done, remove them from the cookie sheet and put them into the sauce mixture. Cover and simmer them in the sauce for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
- 20 minutes before the sauce is done, boil the spaghetti. Serve sauce and meatballs over the noodles and sprinkle with parmesan.
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Reviews
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Fantastic recipe! It gave enough for 2 dinners and the kids just love the meatballs (as did the adults)! I don't think I'll be making meatballs any other way, because I've tried many meatball recipes that just didn't cut it. I followed everything to the letter except I used brown sugar and added a big splash of red wine.
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