Our Salty Kitchen· by Danielle Esposti★ 5.0 (2)

Sunday Sauce with Homemade Meatballs

Name: Sunday Sauce with Homemade Meatballs
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 360 min
Total time: 400 min
Yield: 8, 8 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 3 28-oz cans whole canned tomatoes (hand crushed); 4 tbsp butter; 2 large sweet onions (finely chopped to 1/4" dice); 6 cloves garlic (minced); 3 tbsp tomato paste; 1 cup dry red wine; 2 tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp fresh cracked pepper; 1 tsp dried basil; 1/2 tsp dried parsley; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional); 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; fresh chopped basil (for serving); 8 c water; 2 tbsp or more kosher salt; 1 lb pasta (we prefer bucatini or spaghetti); freshly shaved parmesan cheese (optional, to taste); ricotta cheese (optional, to taste); 1 lb ground beef; 1 lb ground pork; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tbsp fresh parsley (minced); 1 tbsp fresh basil (minced); 1 tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp ground pepper; 3/4 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 6h 40m total

Servings

Calories

44% of a 2,000 cal day

876KCAL

Protein

42g85% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat45g

58%

Saturated17g

83%

Unsaturated28g

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Total Carbs76g

28%

Fiber6g

23%

Total Sugars16g

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incl. Added Sugars1g

Starch54g

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Sodium1728mg

75%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A slow-simmered Italian tomato sauce enriched with homemade meatballs and aromatics, served over pasta. Complex, deeply flavored, and worth the time investment for special occasions.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

Sunday Sauce

84 ozwhole canned tomatoes — hand crushed, 3 cans
4 tbspbutter
2large sweet onions
6garlic — minced
3 tbsptomato paste
1 cupdry red wine
2 tspkosher salt
1 tspfresh cracked pepper — freshly cracked
1 tspdried basil
½ tspdried parsley
½ tspdried oregano
¼ tspred pepper flakes — optional
1cinnamon stick
2bay leaves
fresh chopped basil

Pasta

8 cupswater
2 tbspkosher salt
1 lbpasta
freshly shaved parmesan cheese — to taste, optional
ricotta cheese — to taste, optional

Meatballs and Sausage

1 lbground beef
1 lbground pork
2large eggs
1 tspgarlic powder
1 tsponion powder
1 tbspfresh parsley — minced
1 tbspfresh basil — minced
1 tspkosher salt
1 tspground pepper
¾ cupunseasoned breadcrumbs
⅓ cupall purpose flour
4 tbspolive oil
1 lbitalian sausage links — sweet or hot

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Method

6h 40m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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