Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Spaghetti and Meatballs
by Floyd Thornton
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, spaghetti and meatballs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spaghetti and Meatballs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spaghetti and Meatballs is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spaghetti and meatballs using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti and Meatballs:
Get 1 shallot
Make ready 6 cloves garlic
Take 500 g lean ground beef
Make ready 1 large egg
Make ready 1 tsp ground oregano
Take 1 tsp ground basil
Prepare 3 slices white or whole wheat bread
Get 1 tsp sea salt
Prepare 1 medium onion, chopped
Take 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Get 1/4 cup tomato paste
Make ready 1 large (28 oz) can whole tomatoes
Make ready 1 tbsp sugar
Prepare 1 lb dry spaghetti noodles
Make ready 1 large handful fresh basil, roughly chopped
Make ready 1 large handful fresh Italian parsley, roughly chopped
Steps to make Spaghetti and Meatballs:
Pulse the shallot and 3 cloves garlic in a food processor until they're finely minced. Add them to a large mixing bowl along with the beef, egg, ground oregano and ground basil.
Dip 2 slices of bread in cold water. Squeeze the water out and crumble the wet bread into the meat mixture. Rip the third slice of bread into small pieces and add it too. Add 1 tsp salt and several grinds of black pepper, then knead everything together until well-combined.
Put a large pan on medium-high heat. Use your hands to form balls from the meat mixture, about 1 1/2 inch in diameter. You should end up with about 12 meatballs. Add a splash of veg oil to the pan and brown the meatballs evenly. It should take around 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove the meatballs and set them aside. Clean any burned bits and excess oil from the pan, then add a fresh splash of veg oil, the onions and pepper flakes. Fry until the onions soften, about 1or 2 minutes. Cut the remaining 3 cloves of garlic into thin slivers and add them to the pan. Continue frying another 1 minute.
Stir the tomato paste into the pan. Let cook 2 to 3 minutes then add 1 cup water. Add the can of whole tomatoes, juice and all. Crush the tomatoes by hand as you drop them in. Stir in the sugar. Return the meatballs to the pan. Cover and turn the heat down to medium-low. Simmer for 5 minutes, remembering to gently turn the meatballs over every so often. Check the seasoning and add extra salt and pepper to taste.
While the sauce continues simmering, cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions. When the noodles are almost cooked, add the basil and parsley to the sauce. Toss the noodles with the sauce and top with plenty of freshly grated parmesan cheese when serving.
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