Spaghetti with Homemade Meatballs

Here’s a super-simple and delicious spaghetti with homemade meatballs recipe to add to your repertoire. The meatballs are tender and flavorful — browned on a pan, so the meatballs developed a beautiful color. To cut down on effort and cooking time, I cheated and use a good quality store-bought pasta sauce, but if you have some homemade sauce stashed in your fridge, go ahead and use that instead.

Ingredients for homemade meatballs

• ground beef (80-85% lean)
• Italian sausages
• Italian bread crumb
• water
• Parmesan cheese
• granulated garlic powder
• egg
• salt and pepper

Make sure to get a good quality cheese. I like to purchase my parmesan cheese in a block and shredded myself. Also, don’t throw away the cheese rind instead throw it in your pasta sauce to add more flavor.

In a big bowl add the breadcrumbs and water. Let that sit for about 2-3 minutes. The water will help hydrate the breadcrumbs which will help the meatballs stay moist.

Now add in the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and with your hand give everything a good mix. And with a small ice cream scooper form the meatballs.

Now put a medium-size pot on the stovetop on medium-high heat and add oil. Once the pan is hot add the meatballs. Make sure to turn over the meatballs so they brown evenly. If you’re using a small pan cook the meatballs in batches so the pan is not overcrowded.

Once all the meatballs have a nice golden brown color, add the pasta sauce to the pot and turn the heat to medium-low. At this point, throw in the cheese rind. Allow the sauce and meatballs to cook for about 15-20 minutes while stirring the sauce in between. After 20 minutes, the meatballs should be fully cooked and you can turn off the heat. Add the meatballs and sauce to your favorite pasta and dinner is ready!

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Spaghetti with Homemade Meatballs

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By Our Little Nook – Serves: 6 people

Prep Time: 20 minutes – Cooking Time: 30 minutes – Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 lb. ground Italian sausages
• 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. granulated garlic powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper

Instructions

1

In a big bowl add the breadcrumbs and water. Let that sit for about 2-3 minutes. The water will help hydrate the breadcrumbs which will help the meatballs stay moist.

2

Now add in the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and with your hand give everything a good mix. With a small ice cream scooper form the meatballs and place them on a cookie sheet.

3

Now put a medium-size pot on the stovetop on medium-high heat and add 2 TBSP. of olive oil. Once the pan is hot add the meatballs. Make sure to turn over the meatballs so they brown evenly. If you're using a small pan cook the meatballs in batches so the pan is not overcrowded.

4

Once all the meatballs have a nice golden brown color, add the pasta sauce to the pot and turn the heat to medium-low. At this point, I will also throw in the cheese rind.

5

Allow the sauce and meatballs to cook for about 15-20 minutes while stirring the sauce in between.

6

After 20 minutes the meatball should be fully cooked and you can turn the heat off.

7

Add this to your favorite pasta and dinner is ready.