Sauté chopped onions and garlic for sauce

Add spices to sauce, sauté one minute

Add crushed tomato. Stir and bring to a boil. Turn down heat and simmer

Combine all meatball ingredients with hands in a large bowl.

Form into meatballs and drop into sauce, uncooked

Add sausage (optional) to sauce

Summer for at least 1 hour. For longer simmers, stir occasionally to prevent burning

Serve over pasta with shredded Parmesan