Grandma's Homemade Italian Sauce and Meatballs

Name: Grandma's Homemade Italian Sauce and Meatballs
Prep time: 9 h
Cook time: 9 h
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 1 Tbsp dried basil leaves; 2 Tbsps dried parsley; 296 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 2 eggs; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 454 grams ground beef; 113 grams ground pork; 113 grams ground veal; 227 grams package mushrooms, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 5 pork chops; 237 milliliters grated Romano cheese; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 kilograms tomato paste; 3 liters water

Grandma's Homemade Italian Sauce and Meatballs might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 39g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 494 calories. This recipe serves 10. Head to the store and pick up romano cheese, eggs, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is an affordable recipe for fans of Mediterranean food.

Instructions

In a large pot combine tomato paste, water, garlic, bay leaves, basil, and salt. Bring to a boil, turn heat down to low and simmer.

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In a skillet, brown pork chops in olive oil then place in sauce mixture.

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Frying Pan

Saute onions and mushrooms in same pan that you browned the pork chops.

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Add these to sauce as well. Simmer sauce a minimum of 8 hours, stirring occasionally.

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Sauce

To make the meatballs: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Meatballs

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Combine beef, pork, veal, Romano cheese, salt, pepper, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley and eggs; mix well. Shape into balls.

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Place on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

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Bake meatballs for 20 minutes.

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Place meatballs in a serving bowl when baking is complete and place in refrigerator. About 2 hours prior to dinnertime pop the meatballs into the sauce.

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Servings:

bay leaves 0teaspoons

black pepper 1Tbsp

dried basil leaves 2Tbsps

dried parsley 296milliliters

dry bread crumbs 2

eggs 2cloves

garlic, chopped 454grams

ground beef 113grams

ground pork 113grams

ground veal 227grams

package mushrooms, sliced 1

onion, diced 5

pork chops 237milliliters

grated Romano cheese 1teaspoon

salt 1kilograms

tomato paste 3liters

water

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian can be paired with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Santa Margherita Chianti Classico Riserva. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 27 dollars.