Spaghetti and Meatballs

Name: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 large onion; 1 lb ground beef; 2 medium sized eggs; 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese; 1 and 1/2 Tbsp of dried oregano; 1 and 1/2 Tbsp of of dried basil; 5 turns of ground pepper; 1 tsp salt; 4 slices bread; Approximately 1/2 of milk; 2 Tbsp olive oil; 4 large cloves of garlic; 29 oz tomato sauce; 13 oz tomato paste; 28 oz petite diced tomatoes; 1 Tbsp dried oregano; 1/2 Tbsp dried basil; 2 bay leaves; 1 Tbsp sugar; to taste Salt; 1 1/2 lbs spaghetti

c.blumenthal @cook_3154495

This is my mother's spaghetti and meatballs recipe and still one of my favorite meals. Unlike some recipes that fry the meatballs, making them hard and compact, these meatballs are delicious and fall apart tender.

c.blumenthal @cook_3154495

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Ingredients

1 h 15m

6 servings

1large onion
1 lbground beef
2medium sized eggs
1/2 cupfinely grated Parmesan cheese
1and 1/2 Tbsp of dried oregano
1and 1/2 Tbsp of of dried basil
5turns of ground pepper
1 tspsalt
4 slicesbread
Approximately 1/2 of milk
2 Tbspolive oil
4large cloves of garlic
29 oztomato sauce
13 oztomato paste
28 ozpetite diced tomatoes
1 Tbspdried oregano
1/2 Tbspdried basil
2bay leaves
1 Tbspsugar
to tasteSalt
1 1/2 lbsspaghetti

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Steps

1 h 15m

1

Cut onion into half rings and line bottom of large fry pan
2

Place ground beef, eggs, cheese, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper into bowl
3

Poor milk over bread slices. Squeeze out excess milk from each slice onto remaining slices and crumble into bowl.
4

Mix meatball ingredients by hand until well mixed
5

Form meatballs into clementine sized balls and place in pan on bed of onions
6

Add water to pan until it covers onions and reaches bottom of meatballs.
7

Bring water to boil and cover. Steam meatballs for 25 minutes.
8

Sautee garlic in olive oil and let pot cool briefly.
9

Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, oregano, basil, bay leaves, sugar, and salt.
10

Use tongs to move a few meatballs and add onions from meatball pan to sauce.
11

Simmer sauce until heated through.
12

Add meatballs to sauce and stir carefully without breaking meatballs
13

Simmer sauce and meatballs for approximately 30 minutes to mingle flavors
14

Make spaghetti per package instructions
15

Combine and enjoy!