Being pregnant makes me crave for any kind of food like crazy these days. When my friend Kaye told me about this meatball & spaghetti dish, I wanted it right there and then. Unfortunately, I din not have the energy to go all the way to Queens to indulge on my craving. Fortunately, Kaye gave me her recipe, and with the added help of Marcella Hazan’s Essentaials of Classic Italian cooking, I was able to conquer my craving by dinner time! Haha!

Here’s my interpretation:

Meatballs
1 slice white bread
1/3 cup milk
1 lb ground beef
t tbsp onion
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 egg
1 tbsp EVOO
3 tbsp parmesan cheese
nutmeg
salt
pepper
bread crumbs
vegetable oil

1. Soak bread in milk. Add to ground meat and all mix all remaining ingredients except bread crumbs and vegetable oil together.
2. Shape into meatballs and coat with bread crumbs.
3. Fry in vegetable oil until browned. Set aside.

For the sauce, I made a simple tomato sauce with vegetables…

1 tbsp vegetable oil
3 tbsp butter
1/2 chopped onion
2 stalks chopped celery
1 c chicken or beef stock
salt
pepper
nutmeg
thyme
rosemary
basil
bay leaf
1 can plum tomatoes
1 can tomato paste

1. Put the oil, butter and chopped onion in a pot. Stir until onion becomes translucent. Add chopped celery and carrot.
2. Add stock, nutmeg, thyme, rosemary, basil and bay leaf and simmer.
3. Add tomatoes and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper. If you want it a little sweet, add sugar to taste.
4. Simmer until all the flavors meld together. Add meatballs. Simmer for a couple more minutes.
5. Serve on top of spaghetti and top with parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
6. Enjoy!

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