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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Mix all ingredients for the meatballs together and shape into golf-ball sized balls. | 2. Heat olive oil in a frying pan and brown on all sides. Set aside. | 3. In a dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat and add onion and garlic. Cook until onions are just softened -- do not burn the garlic. | 4. Add tomato paste and cook for 2 or 3 minutes. | 5. Add remaining ingredients, stirring very well after each addition. | 6. Add the meatballs, careful to avoid adding the grease from the frying pan. | 7. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook 4 hours. | 8. Serve over your favorite pasta with added parmesan cheese on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
beef	3/4	lb	ground	673.5855	0.0	66.0658	43.3068
onion	1		diced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
italian bread crumb	1/2	cup	seasoned	-	-	-	-
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
onion	1		cut	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
garlic clove	2		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/4	cup	granulated	79.95	15.002	2.5025	1.248
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
salt				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.