Italian Style Meatballs & Spaghetti
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Italian Style Meatballs & Spaghetti
These meatballs are a delicious and welcome change from many meatball recipes which call for a lot of sugar and sweet sauces. In addition, these meatballs are not fried and come out moist. They burst with the flavors of Italy; tomato, basil and garlic.
Times
- Prep Time : 15 min
- Cook Time : 45 min
- Ready Time : 1 hour
Servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground meat
- 1 Egg
- ¼ cup bread crumbs
- ¼ cup ketchup or tomato sauce
- 2 cloves crushed and chopped garlic
- ¼ cup of parsley
- ¾ cup of basil, separated into ½ cup and ¼ cup
- 1 onion
- 16 ounces of tomato sauce
- 6 ounces of tomato paste
- 3 cups of water
- 1 green pepper
- 3 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup red wine
- 1 package spaghetti
Directions
Sauté onion, pepper and garlic with pepper and salt for ten minutes. Add chopped basil and sauté for one minute. Add tomato sauce, paste, water, sugar and salt and pepper to taste, bring to a boil, there will be chunks of vegetables in the sauce if you prefer a smoother sauce, blend the sauce with an immersion blender before adding the meatballs.
Make meatballs while sauce is simmering. Mix the egg, basil, parsley, and black pepper, ketchup, and bread crumbs. Add ground meat and roll into balls. Add meatballs to simmering sauce and cook covered for 25-30 minutes on low flame.
Cook spaghetti al dente according to package directions. Serve with meatballs.
As seen in the JoyofKosher with Jamie Geller Magazine (Bitayavon Winter 2011) – Subscribe Now
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I love the fact there is nothing sweet in these meatballs – I love savory foods and the basil in this makes me smile – one of my favorites!
it doesnt hurt that they happen to be awesome
I just tried this recipe. It is desilh. I had fresh tomatos and basil from my garden. I also added some shitake mushrooms. Very light and a great summer pasta. Don’t ya just love making up recipes. By the way, just discovered your blog a couple days ago and enjoy it very much. I am also a “white” person. Everything in my house is white. Soooooooooo soothing and relaxing to me.Linda
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for sharing
when do you add the wine?
Before adding the basil