Old World Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
-
Meatballs
- 3 lbs ground beef or 3 lbs ground veal
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- salt
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- parsley
-
Sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 2 (28 ounce) cans tomato puree
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- salt
- black pepper
- red pepper flakes
- 2 fresh garlic cloves
- oregano
- basil
- olive oil
- 2 1⁄2 cups water
directions
- Make meatballs first.
- Combine all meatball ingredients, adding enough Italian bread crumbs to allow the ground meat to stick together when formed into a ball.
- Form meatballs into size slightly smaller than Dunkin Donuts munchkins, or a little smaller than a golf ball.
- Set aside meatballs.
- Cover bottom of a large pot with a light coating of olive oil.
- Dice fresh garlic and add to pot, frying until golden (about 30 seconds), but do not burn.
- Add paste, puree, crushed tomatoes and water.
- Add spices to taste. Go easy on the red pepper flakes, as you can always add more later.
- Stir. Note: tomato sauce splatters if left unattended on the stove.
- When sauce begins to boil, lower the heat and place meatballs in one by one.
- Let cook for 15 minutes and then stir, being careful not to break apart meatballs. Thereafter, stir occasionally to prevent meatballs from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- Cook over low heat for 2 1/2 hours.
- If sauce is too thick, add more water.
- If sauce is too spicy, add some sugar to balance out the spice.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CiaoBella
United States
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