Name: How to Make Spaghetti and Meatballs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 1lb/450g ground meat (turkey or beef/pork/veal combo); 3 tbsp Whole Milk; 1 slice white or wheat bread; 1 large egg; 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley (chopped); 2 tbsp fresh basil leaves (chopped); 1 tsp Coarse Salt; 1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper; 1/2 tsp garlic powder; 1/4 cup/30g Parmesan cheese (grated finely on rasp); 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour (to coat meatballs); olive oil (for frying meatballs); 28oz/828ml crushed tomatoes; 4 tbsp olive oil; 6oz/170g 1 medium Yellow Onion (chopped); 2 tsp garlic (chopped); 2 pinches chili flakes (less if you don't want heat); 3/4 tsp Coarse Salt; 1 tsp sugar; 1 sprig fresh basil; 12oz/340g spaghetti

How to Make Spaghetti and Meatballs

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 5

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

Meatballs

1lb/450g ground meat turkey or beef/pork/veal combo
3 tbsp Whole Milk
1 slice white or wheat bread
1 large egg
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley chopped
2 tbsp fresh basil leaves chopped
1 tsp Coarse Salt
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup/30g Parmesan cheese grated finely on rasp
1/4 cup All Purpose Flour to coat meatballs
olive oil for frying meatballs

Sauce

28oz/828ml crushed tomatoes
4 tbsp olive oil
6oz/170g 1 medium Yellow Onion chopped
2 tsp garlic chopped
2 pinches chili flakes less if you don't want heat
3/4 tsp Coarse Salt
1 tsp sugar
1 sprig fresh basil
12oz/340g spaghetti

Instructions

Put milk in a bowl and soak slice of bread in it. Turn over bread to absorb milk. Place ground meat in a bowl. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, cheese, parsley, basil, egg and bread (torn up into pieces). Mix well. Form into 10 balls. Wet your hands with a little water to make balls easier to roll. Dip each ball into all purpose flour and shake off excess. Set aside on a plate.
Heat up a wide pan with enough olive oil to coat the bottom. When the oil is hot, add meatballs gently to the pan. Brown on both sides and all over if you can.
While you're cooking the meatballs, make the sauce. Heat up 4 tbsp olive oil in a pot. Add onions and sauté until soft. Add garlic and sauté until golden. Add chili flakes and stir for 20 seconds. Add crushed tomatoes, basil, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, turn down to a simmer. Add the browned meatballs to the sauce, covering meatballs with sauce. Cover pot and simmer for 25 minutes. Shake pot or stir gently halfway through cooking. Remove basil when sauce is done.
While sauce is cooking, boil water in a large pot to cook spaghetti. Once water is at a full boil, add a tablespoon coarse salt. Add spaghetti and cook until tender. Stir once or twice during cooking.
Once tender, drain pasta and place back in the same pot. Add about 1/2 cup sauce to the pasta and toss to coat all the spaghetti. Serve spaghetti in bowls. Top with 2 meatballs and extra sauce. Grate parmesan cheese over spaghetti and meatballs. Tear up basil leaves and sprinkle on top.
For meat - use all turkey or use 1/3 each of beef, veal and pork.

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