Homemade Meatballs and Spaghetti
These homemade meatballs are made with ground hamburger, Italian sausage, parsley, parmesan cheese, half and half, ciabatta, eggs, olive oil, and more to make for a tender and juicy meatball. Serve with spaghetti and homemade marinara sauce for a satisfying meal.
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 2 lb. ground hamburger
- 1 lb. ground Italian sausage
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated, plus ½ to set aside
- 1 tbs. Worcestershire sauce
- ½ onion chopped
- 1 cup half and half
- 2 cups shredded ciabatta
- ¼ cup Italian parsley chopped
- ¼ cup Olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbs. crushed red pepper flakes
- Salt and pepper to taste
Pasta
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 batch or jar marinara sauce
Instructions
- Fill a large pot ¾ full of water, and salt with 3 tbs. of salt and bring to a boil. It’s super important to salt your pasta water as it will add extra flavor to your dish. 3 tbs. won’t be too much!
- Next, preheat the oven to 425°F
- Meanwhile, take the ciabatta bread and break apart two cups worth of bread. Rip them apart into small bite sized pieces, and then place them in a medium-sized bowl filled with 1 cup of half and half.While you prepare the rest of the meatball mix, you will let the bread soak in the liquid.
- Next, combine the ground hamburger, Italian sausage, minced garlic, ½ cup of grated parmesan cheese, chopped parsley, Worcestershire sauce, chopped onion, eggs, olive oil, salt and pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes into one large mixing bowl.
- Using your hands, combine all the ingredients together.
- Then dump your bowl of soaking ciabatta into the large mixing bowl, and continue to mix well with your hand.
- By this point, your water should be boiling. Dump in your one pound of pasta, and let it boil for roughly 10 minutes or until al dente.
- Next, line a baking sheet with foil (this step is optional, but I find using foil helps with the clean-up process afterwards).Then, drizzle 1 tbs. of olive oil onto the baking sheet and spread around the surface of the pan.
- Then form your meatballs into 1 inch round ball sand set 1 inch apart.
- Then, taking one of those micro plane graters, grate parmesan cheese over the top of each meatball. This will add an awesome, cheesy crust to the top of each meatball.
- Then put into the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- While the meatballs are baking, take out a medium saucepan, and heat the jar of marinara sauce. Or, you can use my Quick Marinara Sauce.
- After the meatballs, marinara, and pasta have finished cooking, then dump some of the spaghetti and meatballs into the marinara sauce and stir to combine.
- Serve in a bowl topped with fresh basil or parsley with grated parmesan and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
Homemade Meatballs and Spaghetti
Serving Size
8
Amount per Serving
Calories
861
% Daily Value*
Fat
54
g
83
%
Saturated Fat
20
g
125
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
25
g
Cholesterol
179
mg
60
%
Sodium
709
mg
31
%
Potassium
703
mg
20
%
Carbohydrates
50
g
17
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
41
g
82
%
Vitamin A
672
IU
13
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
169
mg
17
%
Iron
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
861
Serving Size
8
Nutrition Facts
These values were taken from a nutrition calculator.
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