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Meatballs and Sauce




Source of Recipe


From Deecapuano


Recipe Introduction


Okay here is my recipe for the legal meatballs and sauce. If my husband, an Italian diehard, likes them, I guarantee anyone will. Our friends rave about them so I know that they are yummy.



List of Ingredients




Ingredients for Meatballs:
2 pounds ground beef
1 pound ground turkey breast
2 Tablespoons oregano
2 Tablespoons basil
4-6 cloves of garlic
1/2 onion (puree onion and garlic together)
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Ingredients for Sauce:
2 28 oz cans of ground and peeled Tomatoes (no salt added)
2 6 oz cans of Tomato paste (no salt added)
1/2 cup Merlot wine
1 cup water
2 Tablespoons oregano
2 Tablespoons basil
4-6 cloves of garlic
1/2 onion (puree onion and garlic together)
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Recipe



Preparation: meatballs
Mix all ingredients (preferably with a stand mixer) until you have a very soft and well mixed product. This is the hard part: roll into 3 ounce balls. I use my scale for this because I really try to get them as close as possible. Once rolled, place in a pan that has a rack to support them. I use a cooling rack in a jelly roll pan. This allows all of the excess fat to drain away from the meatballs. Bake the meatballs at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes or until browned. You will get a lot of drippings in the bottom pan and the meatballs will shrink down to about 2 ounces each. Just the perfect size.



Preparation: For sauce
Add all ingredients together in a very large crockpot. Mine is 6 qts. and this just fits the entire recipe. Put crockpot on low. When meatballs are done add them carefully to the sauce and then let everything cook on low for 8-10 hours.

I will sometimes cut the entire recipe in half if I do not need so many meatballs. I usually get about 16 meatballs from the batch. That is enough for my husband to eat one for each of his snacks everyday and also have some left for a legal spaghetti supper using rice pasta (you can find this just about anywhere now)

I have also been known to make this recipe using only ground turkey. The meatballs come out a little drier and I usually up the garlic amount and add an extra splash of wine.