Recipe: Yummy Quick and Easy Meatballs with Spaghetti

Quick and Easy Meatballs with Spaghetti. In this quick and easy version of spaghetti and meatballs, meatballs are cooked by simmering in marinara sauce on the stovetop. In terms of taste, you really can never go wrong with spaghetti and meatballs. So, I like to cut corners with time and use only one pot to simmer the meatballs right in.

Serve the sauce and meatballs over the spaghetti. I used spaghetti pasta with this dish simply because I like spaghetti, but any favorite This makes this recipe quick, easy and economical to make. If you want to, and you have time, add a good hand full of breadcrumbs to the skinless sausages and some chopped flat leaf parsley. You can cook Quick and Easy Meatballs with Spaghetti using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Quick and Easy Meatballs with Spaghetti

1. It's 500 g of sausage meat.
2. Prepare of Flour for dusting.
3. It's of Olive oil for frying.
4. Prepare 1 of large onion, peeled and chopped.
5. You need 1 of large leek, peeled and chopped.
6. Prepare 1 of large garlic clove.
7. You need splash of white wine or dry vermouth.
8. It's 1 tin of tomatoes.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
10. Prepare 1/2 tin of white beans, I used cannellini.
11. It's handful of frozen peas.
12. Prepare of extra mature Cheddar cheese.
13. It's of salt and pepper.
14. Prepare of wholemeal spaghetti to serve.

The PERFECT meatball, tender, juicy and loaded with flavor simmered in a rich marinara sauce. This spaghetti and meatball recipe is so quick and easy to toss together! The meatballs and sauce are made in the same pan which means fewer dishes and an epically flavorful. Actually the EASIEST spaghetti and meatballs is Franco American!! haha!

Quick and Easy Meatballs with Spaghetti instructions

1. Divide the sausage meat into balls and roll in flour..
2. Heat some oil in a deep frying pan and fry the meatballs until browned on all sides, you'll probably have to do this in batches..
3. Wash the pan and then fry the onion and leeks until softened..
4. Crush half of the garlic in a little salt using the flat of a knife, put aside the other half. Add the crushed garlic to the onions and leeks and stir through..
5. Add a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan then add the tomatoes, tomato paste and beans. Stir half a can of water to the pan so there's a loose sauce..
6. Add the meatballs to the pan, pushing down so they are almost submerged in the sauce. Reduce the heat and leave to bubble gently, shaking from time to time, or stirring to prevent sticking, for about 30 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce has thickened..
7. Add a handful, or more, of peas to the meatballs, and simmer for another couple of minutes. Check for seasoning, add lots of black pepper but you might not need much salt, then stir through the other half of garlic, very finely chopped..
8. Cook the spaghetti, wholemeal or white, and cover the top of the meatballs with grated Cheddar cheese..
9. When the cheese has melted, serve the meatballs and sauce on top of the spaghetti..

The hubby loves spaghetti and meatballs so I made this for him tonight. Honestly, I was skeptical because the sauce is just tomatoes and there aren't any spices, and isn't Italiian food supposed to have tons of basil and. The meatballs are quick and easy to make. It is also interesting because I had a piece of cheese in the center of each meatball. Homecooked Spaghetti and Meatballs with meaty marina sauce.