Spaghetti & Meatballs

Spaghetti & Meatballs

A Classic Italian Dish That Everyone Has Their Own Personal Recipe!  

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 30-40 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 hour +

Ingredients

6-8 cups Marinara sauce

1 cup Merlot Wine

1 1/2 lbs. ground round beef

1/2 lb. ground Italian sausage (bulk)

3/4 panko bread crumbs

1 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, finely minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

salt

pepper

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

1 pound dried thin spaghetti (cooked according to directions)

Grated Parmesan cheese, for garnish

Cooking Tools

Stainless mixing bowl

Large cast iron pan

All Clad stock pot

All Clad medium pot 

Directions
Preheat oven to 425 Degrees F.  In a large pot on low heat, add marinara and Merlot and simmer for at least one hour to reduce sauce.  While the sauce is simmering, In a large mixing bowl; add the ground beef,  sausage, bread crumbs, olive oil, onions, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, egg, Parmesan cheese.  Mix thoroughly and shape into meatballs.  Place meatballs in a preheated cast iron pan and brown on all sides, not cooked through. Pour hot marinara sauce into the cast iron pan with the browned meatballs, cook on simmer for 1 hour.  In a serving bowl, add the cooked pasta and pour the marinara sauce and meatballs over the cooked spaghetti, shave fresh Parmesan cheese on top.
Serves 6 

 

Cajun Shrimp Pasta

Cajun Shrimp Pasta
Just a Kick To Your Sauce!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30  minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds of raw shrimp (medium) deveined/ tail on
1 box dried Spaghetti noodles
1 green pepper, large dice
1 red onion, large slice
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup olive oil + drizzle
20 oz. Barilla Vero Gusto Marinara
2 tsp Better Than Bouillon Lobster base
3/4 cup reserved cooked pasta water
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp Cajun seasoning (without salt)
1/2 tsp dried red pepper flakes
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup cooked Andouille sausage minced (optional)
minced chives for garnish
salt
pepper

Cooking Tools

Large stock pot

Large deep frying pan

This Pasta Did Not Have The Sausage In It. It Does Taste Better With The Sausage!

Directions
Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to box directions (reserve 3/4 cup water water). In a large frying pan on medium heat, add; olive, green pepper, onions and garlic and saute until slightly tender. Pour in Marinara sauce, stewed tomatoes, lobster base, sugar, dried oregano, Cajun seasoning, pepper flakes, wine, sausage. simmer for 20 minutes before adding shrimp. Cook shrimp for 2 minutes in sauce before tossing in drained cooked pasta. Toss the pasta in the sauce and continue to cook for a minute to full saturate the pasta with the sauce.  Salt and pepper to taste. Add pasta water if the sauce is too thick. Plate pasta and garnish with drizzle of olive oil and minced chives.
Serves 4