Spaghetti and meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs, from above
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Spaghetti and meatballs

Big tender meatballs in red sauce over spaghetti. The Italian American Sunday everyone dreams about.

60 minTime
47 gProtein each
mildSpice
Sunday gravy2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayItalian American, red sauce and all.
The original
838kcalsame
47 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
60minutessame

Spaghetti and meatballs.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Pasta400 g spaghetti
Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)500 g beef mince, or mutton mince
White bread1 slice, soaked in milk
Milk3 tbsp
Egg1
Parmesan½ cup, grated
Garlic5 cloves, grated
Flat leaf parsley2 tbsp, chopped
Olive oil2 tbsp
Onion1, chopped
Tomato puree700 g passata
Basil leavesa handful
Dried mixed herbs (italian seasoning)1 tsp dried oregano
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Mix mince, soaked bread, egg, half the parmesan, half the garlic, parsley and salt with a light hand. Roll into 16 balls.
  2. 2Brown the meatballs in oil, turning, then lift out.
  3. 3Soften onion and the rest of the garlic in the same pan. Add passata, oregano and salt; simmer 10 minutes.
  4. 4Return meatballs, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
  5. 5Boil spaghetti, toss with some sauce, top with meatballs, basil and the rest of the parmesan.
Serve it like this

Serve a nest of sauced spaghetti with three or four meatballs on top, torn basil and a shower of parmesan.

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What goes with Spaghetti and meatballs: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Piadina romagnola30 min
Bread or rice Risi e bisi40 min
On the side Marinara sauce35 min
On the side Peperonata40 min
A little snack Garlic bread20 min
To drink Virgin bellini8 min
Something sweet Tiramisu40 min
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