Italian
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Spaghetti and Meatballs is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 onion
- 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1/4 cup chopped basil
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Mix the beef, breadcrumbs, egg, half the parmesan, half the garlic, grated onion, salt, and pepper, then roll into 16 meatballs.
- Brown the meatballs in the olive oil over medium-high heat, turning, about 8 minutes, then remove.
- Add the remaining garlic to the pot for 30 seconds, then pour in the crushed tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
- Return the meatballs and simmer until cooked through, about 12 minutes, then stir in the basil.
- Meanwhile cook the spaghetti in salted water until al dente, about 10 minutes, then drain.
- Serve the meatballs and sauce over the spaghetti with the remaining parmesan.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Spaghetti and Meatballs carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Spaghetti and Meatballs takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, spaghetti, tomato, and parmesan.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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