5 Star Spaghetti & meatballs

Submitted by Tugar357

"This came from a dear friend of mine's mother. She makes it for her family and the grown children always ask for take home containers."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 4 cups water
• 1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• salt, to taste
• 1 lb Italian sausage

• one recipe of meatballs

• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 dash garlic powder
• salt
• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 egg (keeps the meatballs together better tho) (optional)

directions

1. Brown the sausage in a medium pan.
2. Strain the tomatoes and finely crush what's left into the sauce pan.
3. Add the water and the meatballs and simmer for at least 2 hours; chill, then remove the fat as one layer.
4. Reheat and serve over your favorite pasta or on hoagie buns for meatball subs-- freezes well.

Reviews

[steve in FL]

Delicious spaghetti & meatballs! I checked this recipe over and over, to see if I overlooked basil or oregano for the sauce, but made it as posted and it was fabulous - the sausage added so much flavor, I wouldn't change a thing. The meatballs were very flavorful and soft, not rock hard like I'm used to making (LOL), thanks to cooking them right in the sauce. I highly recommend this.

 

[Ashton Rebecca]

This is my new favorite. Absolutely delish. Thanks for posting.

 

[ds123jam]

Excellent! We think this would also be very good without the meatballs (with just the italian sausage).<br/>We're planning on canning a big batch of the sauce without adding the italian sausage because the sauce tastes so wonderful! We'll use it as our italian red sauce.<br/>Note: we used the drainage from the crushed tomatoes as part of our water base.<br/>Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[Andrew110]

Delicious spaghetti & meatballs! I checked this recipe over and over, to see if I overlooked basil or oregano for the sauce, but made it as posted and it was fabulous - the sausage added so much flavor, I wouldn't change a thing. The meatballs were very flavorful and soft, not rock hard like I'm used to making (LOL), thanks to cooking them right in the sauce. I highly recommend this.