Italy comes to my house tonight

Tonight I visit Italy or should I say Italy comes to my house. From the fresh bread to the different pastas and the rosemary flavored soups, Italy has the best and widest range of salads. And how can we forget the best wines come from Italy. Tonight as I welcome Italy to my house, I present this ever so romantic visitor with a feeling of home away from home serving the best pasta and meatballs sauce I have ever made.

Ingredients:

• 1 kilogram of lean minced beef
• 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt or a pinch just to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• vegetable cooking oil
• 1 jar of spaghetti sauce from your grocery store or you can make your own at home
• 3 cups cooked pasta
  

Directions

• In large bowl, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, onion, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape mixture into twelve meatballs.
• Pour just a little oil in a large nonstick skillet.
• Brown meatballs 6 to 8 minutes or until no longer pink, turning occasionally.
• Add spaghetti sauce.
• Bring to a boil
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve meatballs and sauce over cooked pasta.

For the Spaghetti sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups of plain tomato puree(remember in the past days we saw how to make tomato puree)
• ½ can tomato paste
• 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt or just enough to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup finely diced onion
• 1/2 cup white wine

Directions

• In a food processor place tomatoes, tomato paste, chopped parsley, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth (this is your pasta tomato puree)
• In a large skillet over medium heat sauté the finely chopped onion in olive oil for 2 minutes. Add the blended tomato sauce and white wine.
• Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Potrete gustare il vostro pasto

J