Home made delicious meatballs with an easy spaghetti sauce that will satisfy even the biggest pastaholic you know.
Author Nicole Johnson
Ingredients
Meatballs:
1/3cupOlive Oil
1cupOnionsliced
1lbGround Beef
1sliceWhole Wheat Bread
1/4cupor enough to soak bread Milk
1Egglarge
2TBSPGarlicdiced finely
2tspGarlic Salt
2TBSPOnionfinely sliced and chopped
1/2tspBasildried
1/2tspOreganodried
1/4tspGround Black Pepper
Sauce:
2TBSPGarlicdiced
28ozcan Dei Fratelli All-Purpose Italian Sauce
28ozcan Dei Fratelli Tomato Sauce
14.5 - 15ozCanned diced tomatoes
1/2tspCayenne Pepper
2TBSPFresh Basilchopped
2tspFresh Oreganochopped
1-2cupsWater
Instructions
Heat onion & olive oil in large sauce pan over medium-low heat, and saute until translucent. Reduce heat to low.
Soak whole wheat bread with milk and squeeze out excess. Tear into small chunks and put into a mixing bowl with egg, garlic, garlic salt, onion, dried basil, dried oregano, and black pepper. Mix well until bread and seasonings are well combined with meat.
Form into small 1 inch in diameter balls. Turn heat in sauce pan up to medium and brown meat balls.4. Remove from pan and set aside.
Add 2 TBSP chopped garlic to sauce pan and saute approximately 1 minute. Add all other sauce ingredients except water, and heat to a simmer. Return meat balls to pan, reduce heat to low, and simmer on low stirring frequently until meat balls are cooked through and sauce is your desired thickness. Enjoy with fresh grated parmesan, hot pasta, fresh garlic bread, and caesar salad.