Spaghetti and Meatballs
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: entrees
Ingredients
- MEATBALLS (sauce recipe below in Instructions area)
- ½ pound ground pork
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 cup cubed day-old Italian bread
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon dried basil, crumbled
- ⅛ teaspoon each, salt & pepper
- ¼ cup minced parsley
- ¼ cup Romano cheese
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- In a large sauce saucepan, warm the olive oil for 1 minute.
- Add the onion and garlic.
- Cook & stir for 3 miutes.
- Add the tomato puree, plum tomatoes, oregano and basil.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer.
- Reduce the heat.
- Add the cooked meatballs to the sauce.
- Simmer the sauce for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Add salt & pepper.
- TO FINISH
- Cook 1-1/2 pounds spaghetti until it is al dente.
- Drain well.
- Plate the pasta and lightly ladle some of the sauce over the pasta.
- Arrange meatballs (2 per bowl) alongside pasta.
- Serve with grated Parmesan cheese on the side.
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Spaghetti and Meatballs
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: entrees
Ingredients
- SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 28-ounce can tomato puree or all-purpose ground tomatoes
- 1 can Italian-style plum tomatoes, drained and crushed by hand
- 1 teaspoon each dried oregano and dried basil
- Salt and pepper to taste
