Meatballs with Spaghetti Sauce
“A friend gave me the recipe for this traditional favorite. It’s her Italian mother-in-law’s recipe from the old country, and it tastes wonderful,” writes Denise Linnett of Picton, Ontario.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon 2% milk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 6 ounces lean ground beef
- 2 ounces ground pork
- SAUCE:
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) whole tomatoes, quartered
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Hot cooked spaghetti
Reviews
This is the only spaghetti and meatballs recipe I make since finding it in "Cooking for 2", a Taste of Home magazine published years ago. I make a few changes to best suit our taste, but nothing that alters the recipe significantly. In the meatballs, I use equal amounts of ground beef and pork; quick oats instead of bread crumbs; omit the milk; use dried parsley; minced garlic instead of powder; add a small amount of finely chopped onion; and add a touch of basil. In the sauce, I use diced tomatoes instead of whole; dried parsley; and add just enough water to make it the consistency we like. Sometimes I just make the sauce and freeze it in 1- and 2-cup containers to use in recipes that call for jarred spaghetti sauce. It works great and homemade tastes so much better than the jarred stuff. My husband says these meatballs and sauce are better than any he's ever had in a restaurant!
Very good!!!! I used what I had on hand which was diced Italian style tomatoes, Italian style tomato paste, Didn't have garlic but used 1/4 teaspoon of minced garlic not sure if that was enough, Nor did I have fresh parsley. Nor did I make the meatballs, I already had out some ground beef fried it and put it in loose. I think meatballs would be better next time I will have frozen meatballs on hand using maybe 6 of them.
I used diced tomatoes instead of whole. It wasn't bad, but a little too acidic for me, with all those canned tomato products.
Sauce was good. Did not use meatball recipe. Did not use whole tomatoes
Very good!
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I just made the sauce, it is delicious. It gets better the next day. The only thing I did different was put it thru the food processor. What is the calorie count just for the sauce??
Awesome recipe. Decided not to use ground pork. You end up with alot of sauce. SSOOOO GOOD!
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