meatballs and marinara
(2 RATINGS)
This is my rendition of a basic recipe. I like to do it in 3 stages. I made this for company dinner (there were 4 of us), served it on linguine w/Caesar salad and garlic bread. Had enough left over for meatball subs for the two of us one night and tonight I chopped up the remaining meatballs and added 2 small cans of stewed tomatoes and served over NoYolk noodles. I did take several pictures of the outcome but the pictures look like something a two year old would do. DARN IT ALL!
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prep time
30 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Bake
yield
4 +
Ingredients
- 3 medium chopped onions
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 8 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- MARINARA
- 6 ounces can tomato paste
- 1 1/2 cups dry red wine
- 4 cans (4x28 ounce) crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- - sugar as needed
- MEATBALLS
- 2 cups dried bread crumbs or 4 slices of bread
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups flaked (or grated) parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large cloves of garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 3 pounds ground beef
- 1/2 pound italian sausage (you can use spicy sausage here)
How To Make meatballs and marinara
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Step 1Start off with the basic onions. Heat the oil over medium heat, add the onions and cook for 10 - 15 mins then add garlic, oregano and pepperflakes. Cook for about 30 seconds and set 1/2 of the onions to the side.
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Step 2In the pot with the remaining onion mixture add tomato paste and cook for about a minute. Add wine and cook until slightly thickened then add tomatoes and water and simmer over low heat for about 60 mins. Add Parmesan and basil, add salt and a touch of sugar if you like.
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Step 3Now on to the meat balls. Preheat the over to 475. Blend milk and bread with rest of onion mixture. Add sausage, parsley, garlic, cheese and eggs. Mix beef with this mixture but not to much as you don't want tough meatballs. Roll into 2 1/2 inch balls, you should have about 16 balls. Bake until well browned, about 30 minutes or so. Put the meatballs into the sauce and simmer for about 15 mins.
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