| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 11 hr 10 min |
| Active: | 40 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 7 eggs
- 1 cup dried breadcrumbs
- 1 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- The Saucee Sicilian Meat Sauce, recipe follows
- 1 beef short rib (see Cook’s Note)
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped fine
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- One 8-ounce can tomato paste
- One 8-ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground pepper
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Mix pork and beef in a bowl with your hands, then add garlic. Beat eggs and add to mixture. Add breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley and mix well. Scoop into meatballs and bake on a baking sheet for 30 minutes.
- Simmer meatballs in Meat Sauce for 2 hours.
- Brown beef short rib in olive oil in a saucepan on all sides until browned, about 2 minutes each side. Add garlic and onions and brown over low heat until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste plus 1 paste can water, then the tomato sauce plus 1 sauce can water, and stir until blended. Add pepper flakes, sugar, salt, pepper and bay leaf and bring to bubbling. Turn temperature to low and simmer, covered, for 8 hours. Remove beef short rib and bay leaf before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 1598 |
| Total Fat | 129 g |
| Saturated Fat | 54 g |
| Carbohydrates | 27 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 9 g |
| Protein | 79 g |
| Cholesterol | 489 mg |
| Sodium | 1327 mg |
Reviews
I made these meatballs this weekend and absolutely love them. I made no changes to the recipe and watched them disappear!!
These meatballs and sauce are AMAZING!! It’s so worth the 8 hours to make this sauce. I think I’ll quadruple it next time and freeze it.
Great easy recipe for some killer meatballs