Big Beef Meatballs with Bucatini might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 1300 calories, 69g of protein, and 56g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up wine, canned tomatoes, egg, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the dry red wine you could follow this main course with the Pinot Noir Brownies as a dessert.
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Preheat 400 degrees F.
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Place a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil.
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Mix meat with the grated onion, 3 cloves chopped garlic, egg, bread crumbs, cheese, allspice, capers, sage, a handful of the chopped parsley, salt and pepper and a healthy drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
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Mix meat, score the meat into 4 sections and make 3 very large balls from each section. Arrange the 12 balls on a nonstick cookie sheet and roast 15 minutes until firm but not hard.
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Drop bucatini in salted boiling water to cook off.
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Drain.
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Add another tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet and the pancetta. Cook 3 to 4 minutes then add the remaining garlic and mushrooms to the pan and cook 5 minutes. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper.
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Add remaining chopped onion and deglaze the pan with wine, cook off 1 minute, add in stock and whisk up remaining drippings. Stir in the tomatoes and season sauce with salt and pepper, if necessary. Stir in parsley. Simmer 5 minutes.
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Toss pasta with half the sauce.
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Remove balls from oven and add to remaining sauce and turn to coat.
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Serve large balls, 3 per person, along side pasta. Spoon any remaining sauce over the pasta. Pass extra cheese at the tables.