Old School Tomato Sauce With Meatballs Recipe

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Ingredients:

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1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
1 1/2 lbs hot italian sausage
1 cup grated pecorino romano cheese (buy the good stuff, it's worth it!)
1 cup breadcrumbs (i use fresh bread crumbs from double fiber bread brownberry brand, the high fiber was a health thing)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2-1 cup milk (use your judgement, but these meatballs should be wetter than you might think, don'tsp worry, they wil)
2 eggs
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley (use less if you have dried parsley)
1 tsp granulated garlic (or more to taste, i like more !)
salt and pepper, to taste, but be generous this makes a lot
olive oil (enough to coat the bottom of your sauce pot, you'll need a big pot)
1 onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
10 garlic cloves, pressed
2 bay leaves (fresh if you have them)
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley ( less if you are using dried)
1/4 tsp hot pepper flakes (or to taste, we like it hot)
4 (29 oz) cans tomato sauce ( i prefer hunts)
2 (15 oz) cans stewed tomatoes ( i prefer hunts)
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper

Directions:

Start the sauce:.
Put oil in bottom of pre-heated sauce pot and let it heat up over medium heat. A nice heavy pot is best.
Add the onion, green pepper, bay leaves,parsley and red pepper flakes and saute for for about 5 minutes or until the
Onion is translucent.
Add the garlic and saute another minute or two, don't let the garlic brown.
Add the first can of tomato sauce.
Place the 2 cans of stewed tomatoes in a food processor and blend till finely pureed, add them to the pot.
Add the other three cans of sauce. I go slowly so that the sauce can slowly come to temperature without having to have the heat too high and risk burning it.
Add the can of diced tomatoes at the end.
Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper.
Turn heat to low and keep your eye on the pot while you prepare the meatballs. Stir occassionally. Don't let it burn.
For the Meatballs:.
Mix all the meatball ingredients together.
I usually let the milk sit on the breadcrumbs for a few minutes to moisten them before I start combining the mixture together.
They should be wet, don't panic, I let the mixture sit for about 10-15 minutes before I start forming the meatballs and it firms up a bit.
Form them into balls and place as many as you can into a glass pie plate without touching. I have two pie plates going.
Place the plate into your microwave, yes the microwave, and cook on high for 4 minutes. Grandma didn't do them this way, but they turn out great and it saves a ton of time and it's a whole lot less mess.
Very carefully remove the pie plate from the oven and slide the contents into your simmering pot of sauce. No, I do not drain any of the fat. Darn stuff tastes great!
Turn the heat up to about medium while you are adding the meatballs.
Have your next pie plate of meatballs ready to go into the microwave and repeat process until you are out of meat. I usually get 3-4 plates, depends on how big you like your meatballs.
Once everything is in the pot and is bubbling turn the heat back down to low and.
Continue to very gently stir your pot of sauce with meatballs every now and then, you don't want to burn your sauce but you don't want to break up the meatballs either.
Let simmer together for at least one hour. Longer won't hurt. Your entire neighborhood will smell amazing.
Serve over your favorite pasta, or in your favorite recipe.
I store them seperately, keep some in the fridge for another day and put the rest of the sauce in jars in the freezer. I freeze the meatballs individually and then store in bags. If you want to make more meatballs and freeze them before cooking, you can. Just place on a cookie sheet and freeze, then place in gallon size freezer bags. That way the next time you make the sauce it can be done and ready to eat in no time.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	251.19 Kcal (1052 kJ)
Calories from fat	149.98 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	16.66g	26%
Cholesterol	71.69mg	24%
Sodium	567.74mg	24%
Potassium	241.3mg	5%
Total Carbs	9.19g	3%
Sugars	2.02g	8%
Dietary Fiber	0.82g	3%
Protein	15.63g	31%
Vitamin C	10mg	17%
Iron	1.1mg	6%
Calcium	86.7mg	9%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	195.73 Kcal (819 kJ)
Calories from fat	116.86 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	12.98g	26%
Cholesterol	55.86mg	24%
Sodium	442.38mg	24%
Potassium	188.02mg	5%
Total Carbs	7.16g	3%
Sugars	1.58g	8%
Dietary Fiber	0.64g	3%
Protein	12.18g	31%
Vitamin C	7.8mg	17%
Iron	0.9mg	6%
Calcium	67.6mg	9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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