4 Servings Prep time: 30 min Cooking: 40 min Total: 1 hour 10 min
Ingredients
500gr of EXTRA Spaghetti
For minced meatballs:
300 gr ground meat
½ chopped onion
2 cloves garlic
A few sprigs of parsley
Cumin, salt, black pepper
2 to 3 spoons of breadcrumbs
1 egg
For the tomato sauce:
1 kg of fresh crushed tomatoes, or canned
1 tablespoon tomato puree
½ chopped onion
1 garlic clove
A few sprigs of parsley
Salt, black pepper
Thyme
A bay leaf
2 to 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil.
Pasta of your choice cooked in salt water.
Preparation:
- Prepare the minced meatballs: mix well the ground meat with all the ingredients and form the balls
- Brown them in a little oil to give them a nice color.
- Remove from heat and set aside
- In the same oil, brown the chopped onion.
- Add the garlic, bay leaf and thyme
- Stir a little then add the crushed tomatoes and the spoon of canned tomatoes.
- Season and cook well.
- Add meatballs back into the pan with tomato sauce, and cook until the sauce be thicken.
- At the same time, cook the pasta in boiling salted water.
- When the pasta is cooked, drain it and transfer to a large platter, garnish with parmesan cheese, or Gruyere.
