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Italian meatballs and marinara sauce

This is a classic, delicious recipe for Italian style meatballs served with marinara sauce. You can serve this recipe over pasta, or on toasted french bread with melted mozzarella cheese for an amazing meatball sub. I prefer to double the recipe and serve over my pasta of choice for dinner, then use the leftovers for meatball subs the next day.

CourseMain Dish
CuisineItalian

Servings	Prep Time
4people	20minutes

Cook Time

40minutes

Servings	Prep Time
4people	20minutes

Cook Time

40minutes

Ingredients

Italian Meatballs

1/2Lb. Ground Beef
1/2 Lb Italian Style Pork Sausage
2 eggsbeaten
1/4C. Italian Style bread crumbs
3Tbsp. Parmesan cheesegrated
1 1/2tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. parsley
1clove garlicpressed or minced
1tsp. salt
1/2tsp. pepper
1/4C. dehydrated onion
1/2 tsp. Oregano

Marinara Sauce

2Tbsp. olive oil
1 sweet yellow onionchopped
5cloves garlic
228 oz cans crushed tomatoes
116 oz can tomato sauce
1Tbsp. sugar or other sweetener
2 tsp. basil
pinch red pepper flakes
1tsp. Italian seasoning
1/2tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/8tsp baking soda

Instructions

For the Meatballs

Turn your oven to broil. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Combine all ingredients using your hands, or a hand mixer. Shape into meatballs and place on prepared baking sheet.
Place the baking sheet in the oven and cook for 8-10 minutes, or until the meatballs are brown and fragrant. The meatballs should still be pink inside, as they will finish cooking while simmering in the marinara sauce.

Marinara Sauce

Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add the onion and garlic and cook until fragrant and onion is translucent. Add all remaining ingredients and combine. Bring to a simmer and add meatballs. Simmer on low, uncovered, approximately 25 minutes.
Serve over pasta and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

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