Home-made Spaghetti Sauce and Meaty Balls plus a side dish A COMPLETE ITALIAN DINNER!

I'm going to cover a more traditional recipe for a nice easy home-made spaghetti sauce with meatyballs. I will also talk about a quick an easy side dish that goes greet along side your wannabe Italian dish. There are even some pictures in this one...holy shit! So grab your Heineken and throw on your Phil Spector Christmnas album and begin.

Pasta Sauce Ingredients
Tomatoes
Sliced Onions
Chopped Garlic
Tomato Paste
Oregano
Fresh Basil ( I throw Basil in everything because it is delicious to me)
Salt/Pepper
If I remember the rest of the spices I used I'll add them to the list later.


Meatball Ingredients
Ground meat
Italian bread crumbs (or spice your own bread crumbs)
Eggs
Sour Cream
Paprika

SECRET SIDEDIIIIIIIsh Ingredients
not much of a secret...I seen it on the tele once and copied it and made it simpler.
Red Peppers
Onions
Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar (The good Italian kind not that Ken's salad dressing shit)

Ok Here goes...step one for making the pasta sauce.

STEP 1-Boil some water and throw your tomatoes in there. boil for about 30 seconds then strain running cold water over your tomatoes. This will make the skin easy to peel off. Cut the tomates in half removing the seeds and set aside.




Step 2: Pour a bit of Olive Oil into a large pot and throw some sliced onions in there you can add some Oregano if you want at this time, also throw in your chopped garlic. You may now take your brainy, peeled, and seedless tomatoes in the pot and a can or two of tomato paste (this will help thicken the sauce)I also like to add a little bit of water.






Step 3: Let this shit simmer on LOW for hours, adding Fresh Basil, Salt, Pepper, and honestly I can't remember what other spices I used (pretty sure I use different ones every time) but you'll work it out. I just wanted to teach you the spaghetti sauce basics.

Step 4: Taste test and stir often and while you are waiting start your meatballs.


MEATBAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLS

Step 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
Step 2. Put your ground meat in a bowl, crack a few eggs on it, add some of your italian bread crums, scoop out some sour cream, throw a generous amount of paprika in there and mix it all around.
P.S. Totally sick of taking pictures at this point.
Step 3. Shape your meat into balls with your hand ( like the ones you used to make in art class with clay when you were a kid...and when you got a bit older you would then shape them into penises...but no penises...just balls, ok?)
Step 4. On a Foiled and Oiled pan place your balls down leaving some room in between each ball so they won't stick together...no one likes sticky balls.
Step 5: Cook in the oven for about 20 minutes @30/
Step 6: Check one ball...is it cooked but not overcooked? Good, then throw it in you pan with your sauce.

Let your balls and sauce be simmer together for a while.

SECRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEET SIDE DISH THAT IS REALLY JUST PEPPER AND ONIONS IN BALSAMIC DRESSING STEPS.

Step One: Cut a few red peppers and onions into thin strips
Step two: Throw a little oil in a pan until it's hot then throw your pepper and onion strips in.
Step Three: Cook your peps and ons thoroughly until they are floppy, add some of your fancy Balsamic Vinegar in there and cook it a little bit more.
Step Four:That's it, it' really that easy.




Hope that was some-what coherent enough for you...I've had a few. If I don't see ya before x-mas have a good one!