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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Onion Mixture:. | 2. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onions & cook until golden, 10-15 minutes. Stir in the garlic, oregano and pepper flakes, and cook about 30 seconds. Transfer half of onion mixture to a bowl and set aside. | 3. For the Marinara:. | 4. Add the tomato paste to the remaining onion mixture in the Dutch oven and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until thickened slightly, about 2 minutes. Stir in the water and tomatoes and simmer over low heat until the sauce is no longer watery, 45-60 minutes. Sir in the cheese and basil and season to taste with the salt and sugar. | 5. For the Meatballs:. | 6. Meanwhile, adjust an oven rack to the upper middle position and heat the oven to 475 degrees. Mash the bread and milk in the bowl with the reserved onion mixture until smooth. Add the sausage, Parmesan, parsley, eggs, garlic, and salt and mash to combine. Add the beef and knead with your hands until well combined. For the mixture into 2 1/2 inch meatballs (about 16 for the full recipe). Place on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until well browned, about 20 minutes. Transfer the meatballs to the pot with the sauce and simmer for 15 minutes. | 7. Serve over cooked spaghetti & Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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	cups	minced	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 pepper flake	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
red wine	1	cup		-	-	-	-
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				-	-	-	-
sugar	1 -2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
high white bread	4	slices		-	-	-	-
milk	3/4	cup		111.63	8.7474	5.7645	5.9841
italian sausage	1/2	lb	sweet	784.7157	1.4742	32.3185	71.0553
parmesan cheese	1	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
parsley	1/2	cup	minced	10.8	1.899	0.8909999999999999	0.237
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
garlic clove	2		minced	35.76	7.9344	1.5264	0.12
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
chuck	2 1/2		ground	1586.6703	3.5133	239.4739	68.7935
spaghetti	2	lbs	cooked	281.2276	62.6865	5.806	5.171

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