Family Sicilian Sauce and Meatballs recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 slices white bread, torn into pieces ¼ cup milk or water 1 ½ pounds ground beef 2 eggs ½ cup grated Romano cheese 1 pinch dried parsley ¾ teaspoon salt, or to taste ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil 4 onion, chopped 6 cloves garlic, chopped 12 (3.5 ounce) links sweet Italian sausage 1 ½ pounds cubed beef brisket ½ pound pork neck bones 4 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste 3 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes ½ cup red wine 4 bay leaves ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon dried parsley 1 teaspoon dried basil salt and pepper to taste 3 (16 ounce) packages dry pasta
Nutrition Info
- 669.1 caloriescarbohydrate: 58.6 gcholesterol: 105.3 mgfat: 34.4 gfiber: 5.3 gprotein: 30.8 gsaturatedFat: 12.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 921.5 mgsugar: 6.1 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Family Sicilian Sauce and Meatballs
Directions
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To make the meatballs, combine bread and milk or water in a medium bowl. Mix in ground beef, eggs, Romano cheese, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Form golf ball-sized meatballs, place into freezer to firm up.
To make sauce, heat olive oil in a large pot on medium heat, stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and 1 sausage link, cook about 3 minutes more.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, brown beef chunks and pork neck bones, set aside.
When onions and garlic are done, turn heat down to low. Add tomato paste and cook for a few minutes. Stir in the browned beef and pork, crushed tomatoes, wine, bay leaves, cinnamon, parsley, basil, and salt and pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 3 to 4 hours.
Once you add the meatballs, let sauce simmer for 1 hour. When sauce is nearly ready, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente, drain. Cover pasta with sauce and meatballs and serve immediately.