mama's spaghetti and meatballs
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My mother was NOT Italian but she made a heck of a spaghetti and meatballs. Sometimes I just saute 1 pound hamburger and 1 pound Sweet Italian sausage and just make meat sauce as is pictured but I have included the meatball recipe. Growing up I loved her 'sketti' so much, I used to spoon some on bread and slice up a couple of meatballs to make a 'sammich' for lunch till they were all gone. She did not make them often cause it had to simmer for so long and that was before crock pots so I never let it go to waste.
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yield
6 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
6 Hr
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For mama's spaghetti and meatballs
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1 can(12 ounce) tomato paste
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1 can(3 ounce) tomato paste
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1 cantomato soup
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1-2 cwater (see note)
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4 clovegarlic or 2 teaspoons garlic powder
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1bay leaf
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1 tsporegano or 1 tablespoon fresh
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1 tspbasil or 1 tablespoon fresh
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1 Tbspparsley or small handful of chopped fresh
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1 tspkosher salt or 3/4 teaspoon table salt
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1/2 tsppepper
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1-2 Tbspextra virgin olive oil
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1 Tbspdried minced onion or 1/2 small fresh onion diced
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1 bunchsliced mushrooms, optional
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1 lbspaghetti cooked al dente or as desired
- MEATBALLS
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1 lbground beef
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1 lbground italian sausage, i use sweet but can use hot if preferred
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1/2 cbread crumbs
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2eggs, slightly beaten
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3 clovegarlic, crushed
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1/2small onion diced
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1 tspkosher salt or 3/4 teaspoon table salt
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1/2 tsppepper
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1/2 tspbasil
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1/2 tsporegano
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1 Tbspparsley dried
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3 Tbspgrated parmesan cheese
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2 ozfinely chopped prosciutto
How To Make mama's spaghetti and meatballs
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1Saute onions in olive oil for maybe 5 minutes till translucent. Add mushrooms and saute just a couple of minutes. Add these and all ingredients except pasta to crock pot. Add sauteed ground meat or meatballs and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Serve over pasta with plenty of freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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2Meatballs: Mix all ingredients together and shape into 1-2 inch meatballs. Add them to sauce.
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3Notes: Crock-pots were not around until after my mama passed away. She did not make spaghetti often because it needed to be simmered for 4-5 hours and she had to keep a watchful eye and add water as needed. Today I use a crock-pot and cook it on low all day. I use as much water as I need to make it the right consistency. So the amount of water will vary greatly between stove top and crock-pot. The above pictured was made with just browned ground beef but the meatballs that go with it is fantastic.
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