The classic Italian meal.
Spaghetti & meatballs.
Now, you can make this dish nearly entirely from scratch.
You already know how to make the pasta – so, the next step is making your own meatballs and spaghetti sauce.
Spaghetti & Mini Meatballs
{Meatballs inspired by How Sweet It Is and Mom}
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1 T minced onion
- 1 tsp. parsley
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. dried, minced garlic (or 2 fresh cloves)
- 1/4 C panko bread crumbs
- salt & pepper, as desired
- Pasta (whole wheat preferably)
- 3-4 C spaghetti sauce
- Parmesan cheese, or mozzarella cheese, for garnish
Directions
Prepare two cookie sheets, lined with tinfoil and set the aside – in easy access to where you’ll make the meatballs. Go ahead and pre-heat your oven to 400 as well.
In a large bowl, combine together the 1 egg, 1 T minced onion, 1 tsp. parsley, 1 tsp. basil and 1 tsp. dried minced garlic.
Add in 1/4 C panko bread crumbs.
Add the ground beef. Using your hands, mix the ingredients together.
Squish it all around … if I, a raw meat grossed-out girl can do this, you can too.
Taking about 1-2 T of meat, roll the meat mixture into tiny meatballs. I got about 35 – 40 mini meatballs from this mixture.
Arrange the meatballs on the tinfoil-lined cookie sheets.
Bake the meatballs for 20-25 minutes at 400. Check that the internal temp has reached safe temperature for beef (170 degrees).
Serve atop pasta {even homemade if you’re up for the challenge}.
Spoon over pasta sauce & top with cheese. You can use either quick stove-top sauce, or if you have time, plan ahead and make some crockpot sauce.
Enjoy!
Well hello yummy meal! I have been thinking about making meatballs for a couple of months but haven't actually looked for a recipe and now I've found one to try! I will be very honest, however, and tell you I won't be making my own pasta from scratch. ;-) Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThese meatballs are SO good! I just finely chop up some homemade bread instead of the panko breadcrumbs, since I never have them on hand. I toss the extras in the freezer to make for a quick meal at another time!
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