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You Don’t Need To Fry Your Meatballs! 🤯🤯 This Is Why! 🇮🇹🍝 Recipe Below👇🏼

Happy Sunday! Today, I want to share with you the heart & soul of our family’s tradition: our beloved Italian Sunday Sauce with Meatballs & Sausage. 🏡❤️ As you may know, every family has their own treasured recipe, and this is ours—a method I have used for over 50 years!

In our kitchen, we hold true to a method that may be different from what you’re used to. We take our meatballs and place them directly into the simmering sauce, allowing them to cook and soak up all the amazing flavors. 🍅🍝 This might raise eyebrows or upset you at first — But let me tell you, the results are simply magical when you drop the meatballs raw into the sauce. I invite you to try my method 🧑‍🍳❤️🇮🇹 Recipe below👇🏼

Sauce Ingredients:

8 pork Italian sausages + pork neck bones
2 cans 28 oz of San Marzano crushed tomatoes
1 can of 28 oz tomato puree
1 can of 6oz tomato paste
12 leaves of fresh basil
1 cup of dry red wine
4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1 medium size onion finely chopped
4 cloves of fresh garlic finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Sauce Preparation:

Sauté sausage in a large pot of EVOO, garlic onion, tomato paste and salt/pepper to taste. Add all ingredients above to pot and then simmer the sauce for one hour in a covered pot.

Meatball Ingredients:

2 lbs of ground beef
1 cup of seasoned Italian breadcrumbs
1/2 cup of fresh parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup of grated Locatelli Romano cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup of onion powder (Yes! Correct)
2 tbsp of garlic powder
2 eggs (1 egg per pound, 2 eggs total)

Meatball Prep:

In a large bowl — add 2 eggs, lightly beaten, Add all ingredients above, gently mix and combined, Wet the palm of your hands with warm water using a small bowl. This will process will keep the meatballs moist. Start rolling meatballs, roll each meatball the same desired sized. This should make about 25-30 meatballs. Place the meatballs into the sauce (once it starts to simmer) & cook for 1 hour in a partial covered pot.

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