Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce With Tagliatelle

I am back home today and I asked my son what he would like me to make him after being gone for so long and he answered: “surprise me”. Yes, he made me happy, and I wanted to make something different but I also wanted to be sure that he will like it. In the morning I went grocery shopping and when I came back home I was ready to prepare a favorite meal of his, with a twist. He loves meat balls and I usually make it with onion sauce and rice so in fact, it was a very pleasant surprise for him 🙂

Ingredients for the meat balls:

• 700 grams minced beef
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove of garlic crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon seven spices
• 2 tablespoon breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
• 1 tablespoon dried basil

Ingredients for the sauce:

• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic crushed
• 2 red tomatoes, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 box (500grams) tagliatelle
• 1 tablespoon butter

Preparation:

• To make the meatballs, mix all the ingredients (for the meatballs) by hand and shape into golf-ball sized balls
• Heat the olive oil in a pot and fry the meat balls until brown, remove from the pot
• Fry the onion and the garlic until golden, add the the tomatoes with salt, basil, oregano and tomato paste, cover with 2 cups of water and let it simmer for about ten minutes
• Add to the tomato sauce the meat balls and let it cook on a low heat for about 20 minutes
• Cook the tagliatelle pasta as directed on the box, then discard water and place the pasta again in the pot with one tablespoon of butter
• To serve, place the pasta in a platter and pour over the meatballs with the sauce

ET VOILA..C’EST TOUT.. BON APPETIT 🙂