"I don't remember having spaghetti and meatballs as a child at home; we had polpette, which had the shape of crab cakes. Spaghetti and meatballs, on the other hand, is a big Italian American dish, a cuisine born out of the early Italian immigrants adapting to the New World." -Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: about 3/4 cup pasta mixture, 1/2 cup sauce, and 3 meatballs)
Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 5 (14.5-ounce) cans no salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- Meatballs:
- 1 (1-ounce) slice white bread
- 1/3 cup (about 1 1/2 ounces) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound ground sirloin
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 1 large egg white
- Cooking spray
- Remaining ingredients:
- 1 pound uncooked spaghetti
- 1/3 cup (about 1 1/2 ounces) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Preparation
To prepare sauce, place half of the tomatoes in a food processor, and process until smooth. Pour pureed tomatoes into a large bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining tomatoes.Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion; cook 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in pureed tomatoes, red pepper, salt, black pepper, and bay leaves; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Discard bay leaves. Keep warm.
To prepare meatballs, preheat oven to 400°. Place bread in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs measure 1/2 cup. Combine breadcrumbs, 1/3 cup cheese, and the next 7 ingredients (cheese through egg white). Shape mixture into 24 (1-inch) meatballs, and place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until done. Add meatballs to sauce; cook over low heat 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
Cook the pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain pasta; return to pot. Spoon about 2 cups tomato sauce (leaving meatballs in pan) into pasta, and toss well to coat. Transfer pasta mixture to a platter; top with remaining sauce and meatballs. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup cheese.
Nutritional Information
- Calories:
- 449 (25% from fat)
- Fat:
- 12.5g (sat 4.9g,mono 5.1g,poly 0.6g)
- Protein:
- 27.4g
- Carbohydrate:
- 58.3g
- Fiber:
- 4.9g
- Cholesterol:
- 50mg
- Iron:
- 4.8mg
- Sodium:
- 633mg
- Calcium:
- 239mg
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Cooking Light, OCTOBER 2003
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