Italian meatballs and spaghetti sauce

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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Directions
16 oz Ground beef 4 oz serving Italian Sausage Sweet Pork (1link)Kroger Wheat Bread - 3 slices5 serving Garlic - minced (5-6tsp) 2 tsp Onion powder (devided)4 cups Great Value Petite Diced Tomatoes No Salt Added canned tomatoes (blended to a pur�e) 2 cans 1 serving Eggland's Best Large Egg (1 egg)3 tsp Italian Season Mix, Dry 1/2 tsp Morton Iodized Salt or to taste1 tsp Fresh Ground Black Pepper (to taste)1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (1/4 cup (2 oz) Water, tap 28 gram Frigo Parmasan Cheese (shredded) - 28g - 1/4 cup4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pur�e both cans of tomato pieces in a blender and set aside in a bowl.
Mix 1 pound of ground beef and one pork sausage link, with casing removed. Add egg and dry spices.
Remove crust from bread and tear into small pieces in a measure cup until you have about 1 cup of torn pieces of bread. Add about 1 TBSP of olive oil to bread and 1 tsp of onion powder along with 2 tsp of minced garlic until bread is soaked. Stir pieces around to saturate them in oil and garlic. Add bread to meat mixture and mix well.
Heat about 3 tsp of olive oil in a skillet on stove top and shape meat mixture into small 1heing TBSP sized ball after rolling in hand. Add them to the hot pan and brown for about 5 to 7 minutes. When not quite cooked all the way through, remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl and pour out greased from pan then place back onto the heat and add 2 tsp olive oil then add 3 tsp minced garlic and stir for about 2 minutes then add the 4 cups of pur�ed tomato sauce to pan. Add the Italian seasoning and the red pepper flakes, black pepper and salt to sauce. Carefully add meatballs to pan and place a lid on it and simmer meatballs in sauce dorabout 15 minutes until cooked through. Then serve over spaghetti or other pasta.
Serving Size: Makes about 6 servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MELTEA43.
Mix 1 pound of ground beef and one pork sausage link, with casing removed. Add egg and dry spices.
Remove crust from bread and tear into small pieces in a measure cup until you have about 1 cup of torn pieces of bread. Add about 1 TBSP of olive oil to bread and 1 tsp of onion powder along with 2 tsp of minced garlic until bread is soaked. Stir pieces around to saturate them in oil and garlic. Add bread to meat mixture and mix well.
Heat about 3 tsp of olive oil in a skillet on stove top and shape meat mixture into small 1heing TBSP sized ball after rolling in hand. Add them to the hot pan and brown for about 5 to 7 minutes. When not quite cooked all the way through, remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl and pour out greased from pan then place back onto the heat and add 2 tsp olive oil then add 3 tsp minced garlic and stir for about 2 minutes then add the 4 cups of pur�ed tomato sauce to pan. Add the Italian seasoning and the red pepper flakes, black pepper and salt to sauce. Carefully add meatballs to pan and place a lid on it and simmer meatballs in sauce dorabout 15 minutes until cooked through. Then serve over spaghetti or other pasta.
Serving Size: Makes about 6 servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MELTEA43.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 418.5
- Total Fat: 31.2 g
- Cholesterol: 99.7 mg
- Sodium: 648.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 14.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
- Protein: 18.3 g
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