Spaghetti with meatballs and sauce in a bowl
Food / / December 19, 2019
Usually cooking spaghetti with meatballs and sauce takes at least an hour, and each element is cooked separately. Layfhaker offers to save time and effort by preparing everything quickly and in a bowl.
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 500 g of minced meat;
- 3 tablespoons grated cheese;
- 3 tablespoons bread crumbs;
- 1 teaspoon paprika;
- 1 teaspoon of dried garlic.
Spaghetti and sauce:
- 300 g of spaghetti;
- clove of garlic;
- 1 medium onion;
- 5 tomatoes in their own juice;
- 1 cup tomato juice;
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste;
- 600 ml of boiling water;
- 2 sprigs of thyme.
preparation
Mix the ingredients for the meatballs together. To save time in the future, you can prepare the meatballs in advance and store them in the freezer.
The resulting mass divide into 18-20 portions and roll each into a ball.
Each of Brown the meatballs in a little vegetable oil on high heat, to grab the meat on the outside but remain raw inside. Ready to fight two dozen meatballs, it is better not to lay a bunch of them in a bowl, and stir fry portions.
Reduce heat, add the onion to meatballs and leave it to brown until transparent. Put the garlic and pour in the mixture of tomato juice and paste. Following add the peeled and crushed tomatoes.
Pour 600 ml of boiling water, salt content well dishes and put the spaghetti with sprigs of thyme. Aromatic herbs choose to your taste. Fresh rosemary or a mixture of Italian Dried herbs also work fine.
After boiling the liquid reduce heat to low and leave the dish with the lid on for 10-12 minutes. During the cooking time stir the pasta a few times, so they do not stick.
When the excess fluid is absorbed and reach the spaghetti until cooked, sprinkle the dish with greens and serve with cheese.