Spaghetti and Meatballs
Nothing says comfort food to me more than a plate of the Italian Classic, Spaghetti and Meatballs. I never get tired of this delicious dish and making a batch of sauce and meatballs ahead of time is a great way to make sure you have dinner in the freezer whenever you need it.
Servings: 8
Calories: 937kcal
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 cup stale Italian bread
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 small onion
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 bunch Italian parsley chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
Tomato Sauce
- 2 cloves fresh garlic chopped
- 56 ounces Crushed Tomato San Marzano
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 1/2 onion finely diced
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Sea Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 pounds spaghetti I used De Cecco
Instructions
Meatballs
- Soak bread in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
- Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper,dried basil, and Romano cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
- Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Heat about 1/4-inch of oil in a skillet over medium heat. Fry the meatballs until they are browned on all sides and cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Tomato Sauce
- In a large skillet or small sauce pot, sauté diced onion and chopped garlic in olive oil until onions are translucent, do not allow them to burn!
- Add crushed tomatoes, rinse cans with just a little water and add to the sauce (if crushed tomatoes are not available use whole tomatoes and crush by hand or with an immersion blender).
- add chopped basil, sugar, sea salt and black pepper to taste (don’t over season you can always add more later).
- After your sauce has reached a boil, reduce the heat to low, a simmer for 15-20 minutes for classical Marinara / simmer for 1-3 hours for a rich hearty Tomato Sauce.
Pasta
- Cook pasta. Follow instructions on box.**Unless you have a large enough pot to cook both pounds at once cook them 1 pound at a time.
Nutrition
Calories: 937kcal | Carbohydrates: 105g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 995mg | Potassium: 1218mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 560IU | Vitamin C: 20.1mg | Calcium: 176mg | Iron: 6.1mg