Description
Homemade Spaghetti-Os with Meatballs is a nostalgic dish that everyone loves. It combines O-shaped pasta and tiny meatballs in a simple homemade spaghetti sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces O-shaped pasta
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons light cream or half and half
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dry basil
- ½ teaspoon dry oregano
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package direction but before draining, save a cup of pasta water. Drain and rinse cooked pasta with cold water. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a medium sheet tray with parchment.
- In a medium bowl, mix all meatball ingredients and scoop out balls using a one-ounce scoop. Then cut each ball into quarters and roll each tiny meatball. There should be about 85 mini balls.
- Line up meatballs onto the prepared pan and bake for ten minutes.
- While meatballs are cooking, in a large saucepan, place all sauce ingredients and puree with an immersion blender, or blend in a regular blender and pour into the pan.
- Add the cooked meatballs, bring to a slight boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add cooked pasta and bring heat back up. Add a little pasta water to get the right consistency.
- Serve with additional Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking and Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 356
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 9.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6.7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 43.5 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 25.3 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg