Description
Sauce & Meatballs make Sunday dinner in an Italian household a comforting experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- SAUCE
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 heaping cups chopped onion
- ¼ cup minced garlic
- 1 – 2 lbs. Italian sausage cut into links
- 5 lbs. tomatoes (San Marzano – whole, peeled and in their juice)
- 1 tbsp. dried oregano
- 1 tbsp. dried basil
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- MEATBALLS
- 2 lbs. ground sirloin, pork, veal (in equal portion)
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups grated Romano cheese
- ¾ cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped garlic cloves
- 1 cup Italian bread crumbs, seasoned
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
Instructions
- For the sauce, place the olive oil and onion in a large sauce pot and sauté lightly.
- Once the onions become translucent, add the garlic and sausage, making sure not to let the garlic burn (it will become bitter.)
- Brown the sausage on all sides.
- Next, add the tomatoes and their juice. Be sure to squash the tomatoes in your hand before delivering them to the pot.
- Stir in the oregano, basil, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Quickly bring sauce to a boil then lower to a simmer, stirring regularly.
- Let simmer for 3 – 4 hours and until meat is fully cooked.
- For the meatballs, combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Using your hands, mix the ingredients together.
- Shape the mixture into 2-inch meatballs, making approximately 30 meatballs.
- Gently place in sauce and cook for a couple of hours.
- Nothing left to do but boil some pasta and have a delicious meal!
- Enjoy!