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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Prepare flavor base: pour olive oil into a large pot over medium-high heat. When oil shimmers, add onions and saute 10 minutes, until very soft and golden brown. Add garlic, oregano and chili flakes and saute until garlic and oregano become aromatic, about 30 seconds. Transfer half the flavor base to a bowl. | 2. Prepare sauce: to the flavor base remaining in the pot, add tomato paste and cook about 1 minute until it loses the raw tomato flavor. Add red wine and cook 2 minutes until tomato paste dissolves and the mixture is very thick. Add water and stir well. Add crushed tomatoes. Stir well and simmer 45 minutes until thickened. | 3. Prepare meatballs: Add bread to bowl with flavor base. Pour milk over bread and combine using potato masher until fairly smooth and homogeneous. Add 1 c parmesan cheese, parsley, eggs, garlic, and salt. Add sausage and blend in well with masher. Add ground beef and mix with hands until well blended. Form into large meatballs - about 16 meatballs total. Place meatballs on a sheet pan and place in preheated 475°F oven for 20 minutes. | 4. Finishing up: add 1/2 c grated parmesan cheese, chopped basil and salt to the sauce. Add meatballs to sauce and simmer 15 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare pasta. Serve 2 meatballs and plenty of sauce per person. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	3		chopped	192.0	44.832	5.28	0.48
garlic clove	8		minced	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
red chili pepper flake	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
hot water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	4	cans	crushed	248.2759	55.0525	12.9535	2.1589
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
basil	1/4	cup	chopped	1.38	0.159	0.18899999999999997	0.0384
salt				-	-	-	-
hearty white bread	4	slices		-	-	-	-
milk	3/4	cup		111.63	8.7474	5.7645	5.9841
parmesan cheese	1	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
flat leaf parsley	1/2	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
garlic clove	2		minced	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
kosher salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
italian sausage	1/2			784.7157	1.4742	32.3185	71.0553
beef	2 1/2	lb	ground	2245.2849	0.0	220.2194	144.3559

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