Mama Mia! that’s a spicy meatball! said the legendary Alka Seltzer advertisements hero. Let’s make similar ones. By the way, spicy meatballs in homemade tomato sauce are not only perfect with spaghetti, but practically made for them. The secret of Italian mothers and grandmothers is to make dumplings from a mixture of two minced meats. We will make it with ground pork and ground beef. Then, prepare the tomato sauce as simple as possible so as not to overshadow the taste of the dumplings.
And one more important tip is to cook the meatballs first and only then sauté them in the sauce.
So, we will need
Olive oil
500 g of ground pork
500 g of ground beef
150 g of fresh white bread (loaf), only pulp, without crust
2 cloves of garlic
A handful of finely chopped fresh parsley
100 g of finely grated parmesan
2 M-sized eggs
Salt and freshly ground pepper, cayenne pepper flakes
For the sauce
800 g canned good quality chopped tomatoes in their own juice
500g tomato passata (crushed tomatoes) if you don’t have it, just use more tinned tomatoes
Olive oil for cooking
Half a teaspoon of dried cayenne or your favorite chili pepper
Fresh basil leaves for garnish
We make spicy meatballs
Heat the oven to 200 degrees. While the oven is heating, mix all the ingredients well in a bowl. Knead until the mass becomes smooth and does not stick to your hands. Form small balls with wet hands. Place the balls in a baking tray lined with baking paper and slightly oiled (a spray is very useful). Bake for 12 minutes.
We make the sauce
Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and heat for 10 minutes.
We make spicy meatballs
Carefully put the meatballs in the sauce, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for half an hour on low heat. Once in a while, move the pan and turn the balls.
You can eat it with fresh white bread, but it tastes best with spaghetti. Just cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package, put it in a deep dish and top it with spicy meatballs with tomato sauce.
Mama Mia! That’s a spicy meatballs!
Spicy meatballs
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 500 g ground pork
- 500 g ground beef
- 150 g fresh white bread (baton), only pulp, without crust
- 2 cloves garlic
- A handful of finely chopped fresh parsley
- 100 g finely grated parmesan
- 2 M size eggs
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, cayenne pepper flakes
- 800 g canned good quality chopped tomatoes in their own juice
- 500 g tomato passata (crushed tomatoes) if you don’t have it, just use more canned tomatoes
- Olive oil for cooking
- Half a teaspoon of dried cayenne or your favorite chili pepper
- Fresh basil leaves for garnish
Instructions
Dumplings
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees. While the oven is heating, mix all the ingredients well in a bowl. Knead until the mass becomes smooth and does not stick to your hands. Form small balls with wet hands. Place the balls in a baking tray lined with baking paper and slightly oiled (a spray is very useful). Bake for 12 minutes.
Sauce
- Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and heat for 10 minutes.
Stew and serve
- Carefully put the meatballs in the sauce, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for half an hour on low heat. Once in a while, move the pan and turn the balls.
- You can eat it with fresh white bread, but it tastes best with spaghetti. Just cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package, put it in a deep dish and top it with spicy meatballs with tomato sauce.
