Spaghetti and Meatballs
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.
Spaghetti and Meatballs
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.
Cooking Instructions
- 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!
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