Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, spaghetti and meatballs from scratch. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spaghetti and meatballs from scratch is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Spaghetti and meatballs from scratch is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook spaghetti and meatballs from scratch using 28 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti and meatballs from scratch:
- Get Tomato sauce
- Prepare 2 kg ripe but not squishy tomatoes
- Prepare 1 large onion
- Take 1 tbsp italian spices
- Get 1 tsp chilli powder
- Take 1 tbsp dried oregano
- Take 1 tsp ground ginger
- Take 1 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tsp ground cumin
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Prepare 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Make ready 1 tbsp sugar
- Take 3 tbsp olive oil
- Get meatballs
- Make ready 1/2 kg ground beef
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp italian spices
- Prepare 1 handfull chopped parsley
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 small onion
- Take small bowl of cold water
- Get 1 vegetable oil
- Take pasta
- Prepare 1 any pasta you like but better not be tube-like otherwise it would hold too much sauce
- Make ready 1 water
- Take 1 salt
- Prepare garnish
- Prepare 1 fresh basil (to your liking)
- Get 1 parmesan shavings
Instructions to make Spaghetti and meatballs from scratch:
- Grate tomatoes on the medium holes of the grater in a large bowl. Peel will push up by itself. Try to get as much pulp as possible. Discard peel.
- Chop onion in medium sized cubes
- Pour olive oil in pan and immediately add onions. Wait until they are soft but not brown.
- Add tomatoe puree and all the spices. Mix and cover and let simmer on low fire.
- Chop small onion and parsley very finely. Add to ground meat.
- Mix all meatball ingredients together except for water and oil
- Pour some cold water in a bowl. Dip your hands and shape meatballs as small or as big as you like (water helps meat not stick to your hands)
- In a shallow pan add a little bit of vegetable oil and then add the meatballs
- Cover and let cook on low fire. Turn around from time to time so as they cook evenly from all sides
- Pour water in a large pot
- Wait until water boils and add salt to your liking (do not over salt it is unnecessary)
- Add pasta to boiling water but do not overcrowd so as they don't stick together. Cook until aldente or to your liking
- When meatballs are done add to the tomato sauce and let simmer. The longer you cook the sauce the thicker it gets so cook it to the consistency that you like.
- Remove pasta from water and drain. Add tomato sauce and meatballs. Chop some fresh basil and sprinkle on top. Add parmesan shavings
- Leftover pasta sauce (without the meatballs) can be kept in an airtight mason jar in the fridge and it keeps for up to a week so you can make some ahead of time and reheat
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