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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Who likes Italian?

Tonight I am making a red sauce, meatballs with onions and peppers, penne pasta, and  some garlic bread.  My sauce is quite simple. I use diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic, oregano, basil, and a couple tablespoons of sugar. Let it slow cook for at least an hour.
The meatballs - Ground chuck, diced onions, diced bell pepper, minced garlic, bread crumbs, one egg. Mix it all together with a little salt and pepper and shape into balls. Bake in oven on a rack sitting on a pan at 350. The length of time depends on the size you make the meatballs. Check them at 30 min and adjust your time accordingly. When they are cooked through, take them out of the oven and drop into your red sauce. Let it all combine together on low heat for about 10 min.
Cook your pasta about 8 minutes or just to al dente. The pasta should be soft enough yet have just a slight chewiness.
Garlic bread is easy. Either buy a loaf of garlic bread and cut into slices or you can get a loaf of italian bread from the bakery section, slice it down the middle, melt some butter and flavor it with garlic powder, drizzle the garlic butter over the bread. (optional - sprinkle with paprika and basil and some mozzarella), put in oven at 350 for approx 10 - 15 min or until golden brown on top.
This dish can be made and used with any type of pasta you like.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my this sounds so good! Looking forward to following you on your cooking adventures! = )

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  2. Thanks Lauren. It turned out quite well. I also added a little bit of red wine to the sauce. It helps bring out the flavors.

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