Italian meatballs with tomato sauce

Description

Pasta and meatballs is one of the Italian dishes most loved in the North American East coast. Though northern Italians like meatballs very much, probably not as much as North Americans do. To serve spaghetti with meatballs, cook the spaghetti as the package instructions say. Arrange them on a hot platter. Pour the tomato and meatball sauce over them.

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceItalian cuisine
Prep time
45 minutes
Cooking time
Total time
45 minutes

Ingredients

3⁄4 lb
veal (ground)
3⁄4 lb
pork (ground)
1 clv
garlic (minced)
1 T
parsley (fresh leaves, chopped)
1⁄4 c
bread crumbs
1  
egg
1⁄2 t
oregano (dried, or 1 Tbs fresh chopped leaves)
4 c
tomato sauce
1 t
dugar

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix all the ingredients. Form into balls the size you want -1" (2.5 cm) diameter works best.
  2. Saute in the olive oil 3-4 minutes, rolling over so the meatballs brown evenly.
  3. Add the tomato sauce and sugar, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.

Notes

Veal is a very lean meat with a very mild flavor, adding some pork makes the meatballs more tender and flavorful. However, you can omit pork meat altogether and use only veal; or you could make only pork meatballs. Other variations include substituting meat with the same amount of the same weight of beef, turkey, chicken or lamb.

You can make the meatballs in a casserole dish, in the oven.

Ingredients, metric  
330 g     ground veal  
125 g    ground pork  
1 clove    garlic, minced  
1 tbs    fresh chopped parsley  
100 g     breadcrumbs  
1   egg  
½ tsp    fresh chopped oregano or marjoram  
1 l    tomato sauce  
1 tsp    sugar  

Nutrition facts

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Amount Per Serving      
Calories   240.70  
Calories From Fat (43%)   104.16  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 11.43g   18%  
Saturated Fat 3.66g   18%  
Cholesterol 98.62mg   33%  
Sodium 1129.81mg   47%  
Potassium 917.19mg   26%  
Carbohydrates 18.31g   6%  
Dietary Fiber 3.05g   12%  
Sugar 0.86g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 15.26g      
Protein 17.51g   35%