Spaghetti and Meatballs

[David]

For the Italian food lover, here you go. A traditional easy to make spaghetti and meatball recipe. One of the most famous Italian dishes. I hope you will enjoy!

Ingredients: Meatballs

1 lb. hamburger

1/2 lb. ground pork or sausage

1/4 red pepper ( fine dice )

1/4 green pepper ( fine dice )

1/2 onion ( fine dice )

2 tbsp. oregano

1/2 teas. cracked pepper

1 tbsp. salt

2 tbsp. crushed garlic

1/4 teas. fennel seed ( crushed )

1 cup Italian bread crumbs

1 egg

Method:

Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix well, using your hands. Take about a golf ball size amount and roll into a ball. Place on a large cookie sheet. Repeat until done. Makes about 30 meatballs.

Place cookie sheet into a preheated 350 degree oven and bake for 30 minutes. remove from oven.

Ingredients: Sauce

1 28oz. can crushed tomatoes

1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes

1 6oz. can tomato paste

2 1/2 tbsp. oregano

3/4 teas. cracked pepper

1 teas. salt

1 1/4 tbsp. crushed garlic

1/4 teas. celery seed

3 teas. sugar ( to cut acid from the tomato paste )

2 1/2 cups water

2 bay leaves

1 tbsp. marjoram

1 onion small dice

Method:

Combine all ingredients in an 8 quart stock pot, stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 1/2 an hour. Remove bay leaves.

Add meatballs and simmer for another 1/2 hour.

Cook spaghetti noodles per instructions on bag or box. About a pound of dry noodles makes approx. 6 servings.

If you like to mix your sauce with your noodles, now is the time. Pour a little sauce at a time because you will probably have some left over ( don't worry, you can freeze it for something else ).

If you like to pour the sauce over the noodles you can do that too. I like to put the sauce over the top so I can regulate how much sauce to use. This is great for those finicky eaters:-)

Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and grab a piece of garlic bread and your ready to go.

Bonus Recipe: Meatball sandwiches

Ingredients:

Meatballs

French rolls

Mozzarella Cheese ( sliced or grated )

Method:

Open French roll into a "V" shape and sprinkle or place mozzarella cheese in bottom. Just enough to cover the bottom. Place "warm" meatballs into sandwich, about 3-4 meatballs with a little bit of sauce and cover with more cheese. Bake on a cookie sheet for about 15 minutes ( until cheese is melted ) in a preheated 400 degree oven.

Here's what they look like.

I hope you like these recipes and if you have any questions please let me know.
Thank you for looking and have a wonderful day!!