favorite - spaghetti and meatballs in a homemade marinara sauce. We're sharing

all of our secrets for incredibly tender, juicy and flavorful meatballs. We start

with a surprising ingredient. You'll need three slices of white bread. Remove the

crust, then dice the bread or tear it into small pieces. Transfer those to a

large mixing bowl and add 2/3 cup of cold water. Let the bread soak up the

liquid for about five minutes then mash it up with a fork. Now add one pound of

ground beef and one pound of sweet ground Italian sausage with the casings

removed. Also add one large egg, four minced garlic cloves, a teaspoon of salt

and half a teaspoon of black pepper. Mix everything to combine and it's easiest

just to use your hands.

Oh! and I almost forgot - add 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

and stir everything together. Divide the meat into about 22 - 1.5"

meatballs and it's so easy to just use a trigger release ice cream scoop. Use your

hands to roll each one into a ball then dip in flour, tapping off the excess. Once

all of your meatballs are formed, place a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven over

medium heat and add 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

Once the oil is hot, add half of the meatballs, without crowding the pot and

sauté until they're browned on all sides, or about 2 minutes per side. The

meatballs will not be fully cooked through at this point, just browned.

Transfer those to a platter and repeat with the second batch. Now in the same

pot add one cup of diced onions and saute stirring occasionally for five

minutes. Now add four minced garlic cloves and stir for one minute. Pour in

two 28 ounce cans of crushed tomatoes and add 2 bay leaves. Stir the sauce to

combine and bring it to a light boil. Add the meatballs back to the pot along with

any accumulated juices, stirring to submerge the meatballs, then partially

cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Meanwhile cook 1 pound of spaghetti in

salted water according to the package instructions until al dente or softer if

your family loves it that way. Drain the pasta, without rinsing it 5 minutes

before the sauce is done. Add 2 tablespoons of chopped basil and season

with salt and pepper to taste. Combine the cooked pasta with the sauce

and stir until the noodles are evenly coated.

It is dinner time and I am so excited because I've got this juicy meatball

pasta staring back at me. Alright, we're gonna give this a quick

toss. Make sure everything is really well combined and all the noodles are coated

in that luscious sauce. Mmm... Wow! This is so saucy... Look at this! YUM!

And loaded with meatballs. Okay, and my favorite way to serve this is

family-style, so we're gonna pour this all into a big

serving pasta bowl. All right, just all at once. Are you ready? All right,

I'm gonna use those muscles... Yeah ,that's that last noodle... come on! Okay, there we

go, smooth. Kind of all right. Oh yum yum yum. So many meatballs! This is the

perfect family dinner and garnished with a little bit more fresh basil. And of

course - Parmesan cheese, lots of parmesan. This adds great flavor and just makes it

feel like a restaurant. And this grater is really fun, I'll leave a link below.

Okay, a little more, little cheese happy there. Okay and now I'm gonna serve it up.

You can just hear how saucy it is.

Okay and a little bit more basil gives it that fresh pop of color and flavor of

course. And a little more cheese, because who can resist. All right, looks like a

nice mountain. Okay and I'm gonna cut into one of these

meatballs because I want to show you guys just how soft and tender they are.

Oh my goodness, fork goes right through it. All right, here we go.

Mmm... Big bite, mm-hmm... Oh my goodness! Those meatballs are just melt-in-your-mouth

tender and the secret to making them so good, is combining ground beef with that

sweet Italian sausage. Such a great flavor combination and searing them on

the stove first, seals in all the juices and then they slow cook in that marinara

sauce. Oh my goodness, this is so good! So worth the effort!

This is absolutely kid-friendly! One of my kid's favorite meals and it reheats

really well, so it's perfect for work lunches and meal planning.

I hope this spaghetti and meatballs recipe becomes a new favor in your home.

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