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Servings: 4 people

Lady and the Tramp spaghetti with meatballs and spicy tomato sauce

Lady and the Tramp spaghetti with spicy meatballs and a spicy tomato sauce is almost a romantic dish - if you think about the cartoon
Author: Emma Johansen
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: beef, Dinner, ground beef, Pasta, tomato
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Metric - US Customary

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Cutting Board
  • Chef'S Knife
  • Frying Pan
  • Bowl

Ingredients

Spicy tomato sauce

  • 500 gram Tomato fresh
  • 1 can Peeled tomatoes I used the one with chili from Rema 1000
  • 0.5 can Tomato Puree
  • 150 gram Water
  • 1 pcs. Stock Cube chicken broth
  • Red Wine 1 good splash
  • 1 pcs. Onion
  • 1 pcs. Red Onion
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • Basil 1 handful, fresh - can be replaced with 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 150 gram Cooking Cream
  • 2.7 gram Chili dried
  • 12.5 gram Sugar
  • 14.2 gram Butter
  • Salt and Pepper

Meatballs

  • 400 gram Ground Beef
  • 1 pcs. Egg
  • 100 gram Milk preferably whole milk
  • Panko or breadcrumbs - 1 large handful
  • Parmesan 1 handful
  • 1 pcs. Onion grated
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • Basil 1 handful fresh, chopped
  • 2.3 gram Paprika
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Butter
  • Oil

Pasta

  • 400 gram Pasta fresh
  • Salt

Instructions

Tomato Sauce

  • Start by melting butter in a medium-sized pot and sauté chopped onions, garlic, and chili flakes.
  • Add fresh tomatoes cut into wedges, tomato paste, red wine, water, bouillon cube, canned tomatoes, sugar, fresh thyme, and basil.
  • Let the sauce come to a boil, and let it simmer for a few hours, preferably as long as possible, so the flavor really develops!
  • When the tomato sauce has simmered long enough, remove the thyme stems and blend the sauce until smooth.
  • Add cream to the tomato sauce, season with salt/pepper and let it come to a boil.

Meatballs

  • Mix ground beef, grated onion, minced garlic, egg, milk, panko, parmesan, basil, paprika, and salt/pepper thoroughly.
  • Heat a good amount of butter and oil in a pan.
  • Shape the mixture into small balls, and fry them in the pan.
  • When the meatballs are done frying, pour the tomato sauce over the pan so the meatballs and tomato sauce can simmer together.
  • Lastly, add the cooked pasta and mix well with the tomato sauce and meatballs.
  • Serve with fresh basil and parmesan on top