Spaghetti & Meatballs is a perfect family friendly meal. Baked Spaghetti & Meatballs is cooked in one pan, topped with lots of cheese, and baked until hot, bubbly, and melted ooey gooey! Baked Spaghetti & Meatballs takes regular Spaghetti and Meatballs from ordinary to extra-ordinary!
Are your afternoons busy getting kids to soccer practice or other sport or lesson? This Baked Spaghetti and Meatball dinner is perfect for those busy afternoons. Make the dish early in the day, and when you get home, simply pop it in a hot oven and bake for 30-ish minutes while you’re putting together a quick salad. Voila, a hot, satisfying, comfort food meal is on the table.
I’ve been staying in our little home away from home condo for the last few weeks, and have loved every minute of getting to see our oldest daughter and her family every day! But alas, all good things, must come to an end. A couple nights before heading home, our grandson, got to have one more sleepover with Nana and Papa. Since we’d be packing up and leaving in a couple of days, I figured I needed to use of some of the food that I had in the condo. Spaghetti noodles √ Pasta sauce √ Homemade meatballs in the freezer √ Cheese √ It seemed I had the perfect ingredients for this Baked Spaghetti & MeatballsA quick trip to the store for one last quart of milk, a loaf of rustic bread, and a bag salad (I know, I know, but I didn’t want leftover produce), and I had everything needed to put a quick and easy dinner on the table that we’d all enjoy!
Ingredients:
Freshly cooked spaghetti for serving
750 g lean ground beef
6 onion spring or 1 small onion, chop
400 g chopped peeled tomatoes
1 garlic clove, chopped
30 cl of dry white wine
7.5 cl of milk
2 slices of crustless sandwich bread
2 bay leaves
4 tbsp. to s. olive oil
2 tbsp. to s. grated parmesan
1 pinch of nutmeg
Salt or fine salt
Pepper
For the decoration:
Basil leaf
Preperation:
Place the bread in a large bowl. Wet with milk and let soak.
Heat half the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Sauté the onions and garlic for 5 min, until tender.
Mix the ground beef with the bread soaked in milk, the cooked onions and garlic, and the Parmesan. add-nutmeg, salt // pepper. Work the preparation with your hands until the ingredients are well mixed. Shape into 28 regular meatballs.
Heat the rest of the oil in a non-stick pan. Brown meatballs in several-batches. Organize them in shallow baking dish
Pour the wine into the same pan, along with the crushed tomatoes. Bring to a boil, scraping off the meat juices. Add the bay leaves, salt and pepper, and boil 5 min. Pour this sauce over the meatballs, cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour in an oven preheated to 180 ° C.
Pour the meatballs and sauce over the spaghetti, decorate with a few basil leaves and serve.
Enjoy!
Baked Spaghetti & Meatballs
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Ingredients
Freshly cooked spaghetti for serving
750 g 750 lean ground beef
6 6 onion spring or 1 small onion, chop
400 g 400 chopped peeled tomatoes
1 1 garlic clove, chopped
30 cl 30 dry white wine
7.5 cl 7.5 milk
2 slices 2 crustless sandwich bread
2 2 bay leaves
4 tbsp. 4 to s. olive oil
2 tbsp. 2 to s. grated parmesan
1 pinch 1 nutmeg
Salt or fine salt
Pepper
For the decoration:
Basil leaf
Directions
- Place the bread in a large bowl. Wet with milk and let soak.
- Heat half the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Sauté the onions and garlic for 5 min, until tender.
- Mix the ground beef with the bread soaked in milk, the cooked onions and garlic, and the Parmesan. add-nutmeg, salt // pepper. Work the preparation with your hands until the ingredients are well mixed. Shape into 28 regular meatballs.
- Heat the rest of the oil in a non-stick pan. Brown meatballs in several-batches. Organize them in shallow baking dish
- Pour the wine into the same pan, along with the crushed tomatoes. Bring to a boil, scraping off the meat juices. Add the bay leaves, salt and pepper, and boil 5 min. Pour this sauce over the meatballs, cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour in an oven preheated to 180 ° C.
- Pour the meatballs and sauce over the spaghetti, decorate with a few basil leaves and serve.
- Enjoy!
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