This spaghetti and meatballs recipe is beef meatballs in tomato sauce over spaghetti. It is not baked ziti or chicken tetrazzini.
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Spaghetti and Meatballs
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Spaghetti and Meatballs. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound (450g) ground beef
- 1/2 cup (40g) breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup (25g) parmesan
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove, grated
- 3 cups (720ml) marinara sauce
- 12 ounces (340g) spaghetti
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Mix beef, breadcrumbs, egg, parmesan, salt, and garlic. Roll 16 meatballs.
- Bake 12 minutes on a sheet.
- Simmer the meatballs in the sauce for 15 minutes.
- Boil the spaghetti. Serve with sauce and meatballs.
Notes
Bake the meatballs so the sauce stays clear of fried oil.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Mix
Gentle hands. A packed meatball is dense.
Bake
They firm up and brown a little. Then the sauce finishes them.
Pasta
Salt the water. The sauce should not have to season bland noodles.
Cheese
Parmesan at the table, not boiled into the sauce.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 560 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Fry the meatballs?
You can. Baking keeps the sauce from turning greasy.
Pork mix?
Half pork is fine. All beef is what is written here.
Sauce jar?
A jar you like, warmed. Homemade marinara is fine too.
Freeze?
Meatballs in sauce, yes. Freeze the pasta separately.
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