Best Real Italian Meatballs Recipes

Sunday Gravy (Real Italian Spaghetti Sauce)and Meatballs image

Provided by Bri22

Categories Sauces

Time 3h10m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

olive oil
1 lb bone in country-style spareribs or 1 lb pork neck bones
1 lb mild Italian sausage
5 garlic cloves (I use 5)
1/2 cup tomato paste, less than
3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans peeled whole tomatoes (or if you want use peeled fresh tomatoes from the garden)
salt and pepper
fresh basil leaf (you can buy it in the produce section)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb ground beef
3/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs
3 eggs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup finely grated pecorino romano cheese
3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
salt and pepper

Steps:

SAUCE: Heat oil in large heavy pot (use a seasoned pot if you have one). Place the pork in the pot and brown until just about cooked. Transfer pork to plate. Do the same with the sausage and transfer to plate. Leave fat in pot. Add whole peeled garlic cloves cook until tender. Put garlic on plate with meat and stir in tomato paste until "saucy". Chop up tomatoes leaving the tomato juice in the cans (I use my chopper) and add them to the pot.
Then add 1/2 of one can of the juice to the pot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the meats and garlic to the sauce and bring to a boil. Turn down to low and cook for about 1 1/2 hours. Leave the sauce on low and remove all the meat and garlic cloves.
Mix all ingredients for meatballs and shape into balls. Add to sauce turn up just a little higher than low and let cook the raw meatballs until they are done (1/2 hour) THATS IT!
Now this is an old recipe, but I have seen it in the sopranos cookbook and this is a bit different.
I used this sauce to make the ziti al forno from the sopranos cookbook (Recipe #73939) and it was the most amazing thing I have ever eaten, so I posted that too.

John Schwegmann's Real Italian Meatballs and Spaghetti image

Provided by Brookelynne26

Categories Spaghetti

Time 7h

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 25

1/2 cup butter
1 cup chopped green onion
2 jumbo yellow onions, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
2 cups green bell peppers, chopped
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
5 garlic cloves, chopped fine
2 tablespoons italian dry seasoning
5 fresh bay leaves
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled Italian tomatoes
3 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper
2 lbs fresh ground beef, coarsely ground if desired
1 cup chopped green onion (green part only)
1 jumbo yellow onion, chopped
2 cups chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 cup bell pepper, chopped
5 fresh garlic cloves, chopped
6 large eggs, lighltly beaten
1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
salt and pepper
1 cup olive oil (or as needed)

Steps:

To make sauce: Melt butter in a large heavy pot. Add the green onions, yellow onions, celery, bell pepper, parsley, garlic, and Italian seasoning and saute over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add the bay leaves and whole tomatoes and mash tomatoes against the side of the pot to crush. Lower heat and simmer for 1 hour, then add tomato paste and sauce, and salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let simmer 2 hours. Add sugar, cover and let simmer another 2½ hours, stirring occasionally. If the sauce looks too thick a little water may be added.
Prepare meatballs by mixing all ingredients, except olive oil, together. Roll into 1½- to 2-inch balls. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large skillet and saute in batches until nicely brown. Set aside.
Add meatballs to sauce and continue simmering another 30 to 45 minutes. Remove bay leaves. Serve over spaghetti (cooked al dente) and top with freshly grated Romano cheese.

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Provided by Letizia Tripp @Letizia_Tripp

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pound(s) ground beef
1 pound(s) ground pork
1 cup(s) olive oil
1/2 cup(s) parmigiano-reggiano, grated
3 teaspoon(s) garlic powder
1 teaspoon(s) salt
1/4 teaspoon(s) black pepper
2 - eggs
1 1/2 cup(s) italian bread crumbs
1 1/2 tablespoon(s) italian parsley chopped
LETIZIA'S ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

in large bowl , mix ground beef, ground pork and all ingredients.
make balls rolling the meat in your hands. in a medium sauce pot , add olive oil and fry the meatballs . you are not cooking them all the way, by frying them. just brown them good . they will finish cooking in the tomato sauce .
for the sauce you can follow the my marinara sauce direction. the only difference here is that , you are going to saute' onions and garlic in the same oil , you fried the meatball. to make this sauce you are going to use 2 or 3 big cans of tomatoes instead just i can.
after you start sauce , you drop the meatballs in and let it cook at medium heat for 35 to 40 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through. it's very tasty .. enjoy !!!!!!!