Homemade Meatballs and Pasta Sauce
 
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • For sauce:
  • 1 lb. of Italian Sausage links (we use Hot)
  • 2 country style ribs (optional - but add a lot of flavor)
  • 1 large can of tomato sauce
  • 1 large can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 can of tomato paste
  • Italian seasonings (Oregano, Basil, Red pepper flake)
  • Garlic powder
  • For Meatballs:
  • 2 lbs of ground beef
  • 2 cups of Italian Bread crumbs
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Put Italian Sausage links in large pot with a 2 tablespoons of EVOO
  2. Brown sausage on both sides
  3. Drop in ribs and brown on each side
  4. Pour in all other other ingredients for sauce - Add water to each can to get extra remnants out of can
  5. Add in herbs. We don't measure any of the herbs. We put quite a bit of everything though. You can always taste the sauce after its cooked for a couple hours and add more at that time.
  6. Put on low and stir every few minutes.
  7. For meatballs, get about 2 tbsp of meat (golf ball size), roll through egg and then through bread crumbs - Continue to roll until ball is firmly made
  8. Carefully drop into sauce
  9. Continue until all meat is made into balls and added to sauce
  10. Stir gently as you add more and more meatballs
  11. Cook on low and stir periodically to ensure meat doesn't stick to bottom of pot
  12. Degrease sauce as grease rises to the top by spooning it out
  13. Cook sauce for at least 3 hours to ensure that meatballs get cooked through
Notes
You could also cook this in a slow cooker on low
Recipe by A Camera & A Cookbook at https://acameraandacookbook.com/homemade-meatballs-and-pasta-sauce/