Recipe of Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs

Spaghetti and Meatballs.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, spaghetti and meatballs. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Spaghetti and Meatballs is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It's appreciated by millions every day. Spaghetti and Meatballs is something which I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spaghetti and meatballs using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti and Meatballs:

{Prepare 1 of shallot.
{Make ready 6 cloves of garlic.
{Make ready 500 g of lean ground beef.
{Make ready 1 of large egg.
{Prepare 1 tsp of ground oregano.
{Take 1 tsp of ground basil.
{Get 3 slices of white or whole wheat bread.
{Take 1 tsp of sea salt.
{Prepare 1 of medium onion, chopped.
{Take 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
{Prepare 1/4 cup of tomato paste.
{Get 1 of large (28 oz) can whole tomatoes.
{Prepare 1 tbsp of sugar.
{Prepare 1 lb of dry spaghetti noodles.
{Prepare 1 of large handful fresh basil, roughly chopped.
{Get 1 of large handful fresh Italian parsley, roughly chopped.

Instructions 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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