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🍝 Spaghetti with Homemade Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

818 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• olive oil
• 400 g chunky tomatoes (from can)
• 500 g mixed minced meat
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 100 g green olives (pitted)
• 1 tbsp freshly chopped basil
• salt
• pepper (from mill)
• 1 pinch sugar
• 400 g spaghetti
• basil (for garnishing)
• parmesan (freshly grated)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onions and the garlic.
2. 2. Finely chop the onions and the garlic.
3. 3. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan.
4. 4. Sauté the onions and garlic in the hot oil.
5. 5. Remove half of the onion-garlic mixture from the pan and set it aside.
6. 6. Add the chopped tomatoes to the remaining half of the onion-garlic mixture.
7. 7. Add a little water if necessary.
8. 8. Let the sauce simmer uncovered for approx. 20 minutes.
9. 9. Take the minced meat.
10. 10. Add the set-aside half of the onion-garlic mixture to the minced meat.
11. 11. Add the breadcrumbs to the minced meat.
12. 12. Add the egg to the minced meat.
13. 13. Knead the ingredients for the meatballs well together.
14. 14. Season the meatball mixture with salt.
15. 15. Season the meatball mixture generously with pepper.
16. 16. Check the consistency of the meatball mixture.
17. 17. If the mixture is too soft, add more breadcrumbs.
18. 18. Moisten your hands.
19. 19. Form small balls from the meatball mixture.
20. 20. Heat 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil in a separate pan.
21. 21. Fry the meatballs on all sides.
22. 22. Place the fried meatballs into the tomato sauce.
23. 23. Let the meatballs cook through in the sauce for approx. 10 minutes.
24. 24. Add the basil to the sauce.
25. 25. Add the olives to the sauce.
26. 26. Season the sauce with salt.
27. 27. Season the sauce with pepper.
28. 28. Season the sauce with sugar.
29. 29. Bring plenty of water to a boil.
30. 30. Salt the cooking water.
31. 31. Cook the spaghetti al dente in the boiling salted water.
32. 32. Drain the spaghetti.
33. 33. Let the spaghetti drain.
34. 34. Distribute the spaghetti onto plates.
35. 35. Pour the sauce with the meatballs over the spaghetti.
36. 36. Sprinkle the dish with basil leaves.
37. 37. Sprinkle the dish with Parmesan shavings.
38. 38. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 818
• Protein: 42 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 80 g