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Watch Danielle create her Itallian masterpiece here!
1 pound ground veal
2 pounds ground beef
2 and 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons coarse black pepper
3/4 cup Chef Jeff Panko Crumbs
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup parsley, finely chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons accumulated fat from meatball sheet pan
1 onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup Alfasi Cabernet Sauvignon or other dry red wine
2 (15-ounce) cans Gefen Tomato Sauce
2 bay leaves
1 (16-ounce) bag Gefen Angel Hair Spaghetti, prepared according to package instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius).
In a bowl combine veal, beef, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper and egg. Mix until well combined, being sure not to over-mix so that the meat doesn’t get tough.
Grease two sheet pans. Form golf size balls and place on baking sheets (between 75–80 meatballs). Bake for 45 minutes
Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the accumulated fat, diced onion, garlic, one-fourth teaspoon salt and pepper and cook for six to eight minutes, stirring often until onions are lightly golden.
Add wine to pot and, using a wooden spoon, scrape up any of the bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook for two to three minutes until wine has reduced by half.
Pour both cans of tomato sauce into pot. Refill one can with water and add to the pot. Add bay leaves and one-fourth teaspoon salt.
Once mixture comes to a boil, gently add crispy meatballs, reduce heat to low and allow to simmer for at least 30 minutes or up to an hour.
Serve hot over angel hair spaghetti and enjoy.
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What would be the best way to go about making these in advance to freeze?
Meatballs can be frozen on a cookie sheet about an inch or so apart from each other. Once they are hard they can be transferred to a Ziploc freezer bag.
Freeze either raw or pre-cooked meatballs already pre-shaped.
Cookie sheet Hi,
Which brand cookie sheet were you using in the video? I’d like to know which brand cookie sheet is the most commercial like for a regular size oven
Can I not bake? If I dont want the crust (rather my kids wouldn’t want the crust) can I not bake them (or not bake them as long) and just cook them in the sauce? I love that there’s no sugar in this recipe!!
You can!
Spaghetti & Meatballs If I use any other meatball recipe, would baking them on a cookie sheet first (for the amount of time Danielle gave in her recipe) before cooking it in the sauce be recommended give them that same crunch as well?
These are THE BEST meatballs!!!!!! I mean them all the time and my family can’t get enough of it. A real favorite. Thank you!
Amazing!!! Everyone in my family loved it including the kids!!!
@lalala. When she says ”fat of the meat”, guess what? U would have been eating that anyways! It’s from the meatballs itself!
Please think before you write a derogatory review for someone!
I made this and it was amazing !!! I’m a 13 year old and i made it for my sisters and it came out perfectly, Danielle’s recipes are so easy to follow !
I made and I thought it was gross.
Overrated! danielle overrates all of her recipes! not good! my regular meatballs are easier, faster, and much healthier! why would you put in the fat im a little disappointed!
The most delicious meatballs They were insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A must try!! Thank you Danielle you took dinner to a different level!!
Italian Meatballs IT WAS DELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spaghetti n meatballs I made this at night for the next day( since Danielle mentioned the longer it’s in the sauce the better…)The smell was sooo insane I couldn’t resist tasting one although it was close to midnight!! It was well worth it;)
The sauce is absolutely Devine! I used 2 packages of ground meat and the meat balls were a little tough, but still worthwhile,
We are so happy you enjoyed the sauce 🙂