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Grandmother's Spaghetti Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Sauce:
4 16 oz. cans tomatoes
1 large can tomato paste
1 T. oregano
1 T. sweet basil
1 T. sugar
1 small onion
4 cloves garlic
salt to taste

Meatballs:
3 lb. lean ground beef
3 eggs
4 end slices of bread with a little milk to moisten
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1 T. oregano
1 T. sweet basil
Directions:
Directions:
Sauce:Cook onion and garlic in a little oil in large pot. Blend tomatoes in blender then add to onion and garlic. Add remaining sauce ingredients. Simmer several hours.
Meatballs:Mix meatball ingredients and form into balls. Roll in flour and brown in oil. Add to sauce and simmer for at least 1 hour to finish cooking meat. Serve over spaghetti or angel hair pasta noodles.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
3 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
It's amazing how you can use the same ingredients that your grandmother (Margaret Pellicano) uses and the same dish tastes completely different! Anyway, since Russ married an Italian I thought it would be appropriate to include an Italian dish.

 

 

 

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