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Pasta Stuffed with Meatballs - This fragrant, filling, pasta and meatball meal, really is a genuine Italian pasta recipe, and is one of our “3 in 1″ recipes. One for meatballs, one for tomato sauce and one for a succulent baked dish, using them both! The sauce and meatballs can be made ahead and frozen, making this baked pasta recipe quicker and easier!
Cook Time: 30 mins |
Ingredients to make Pasta Stuffed with Meatballs
MEAT BALLS:
1 1/2 lb ground beef chuck
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 c chopped onion
1/4 c minced parsey
1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
2 tb bread crumbs
2 tb oil
2 eggs
1 Clove garlic; minced
2 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper
olive oil
TOMATO SAUCE:
1/4 c oil
1/4 c chopped onion
1/4 c chopped green pepper
1 Clove garlic; minced
1 cn (6-oz)mushrooms
4 cn (6-oz)tomato paste
1 cn (#2-1/2)Italian plum tomatoes
1 ts sugar
2 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper
MAKING THE CASSEROLE:
1 lb tufoli (large tube macaroni)
meat balls from step #1
1 1/2 pk frozen chopped spinach
1 ts salt
1/2 c Parmesan cheese
1 egg
Directions to make Pasta Stuffed with Meatballs
Step 1:Mix all ingredients for meat balls together thoroughly, except the last, olive oil. Form into medium sized balls: brown in oil. Set aside and cook in tomato sauce later.
Step 2:To make tomato sauce: Heat the oil: add onion, green pepper, garlic, mushrooms (drained and halved) and sautee until golden. Stir in tomato paste; cook for 4 minutes. Press plum tomatoes through a strainer; add an equal amount of water. Combine with tomato paste mixture. Add sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; add meatballs and cook over low heat 1-1/2 hours or until sauce thickens slightly. Remove meatballs and put aside.
Step 3:Cook tufoli in 6 quarts boiling, salted water for 12 to 15 minutes or until almost tender.
Step 4:Mash meat balls in a bowl. Add spinach (drained and finely chopped), salt, 2 tablespoons cheese and the egg, mixing well. Stuff this mixture into cooked tufoli. Cover bottom of a large casserole with half of sauce and arrange alternate layers of stufted tufoli and sauce, sprinkling each layer with cheese; finish with sauce. Cover dish and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes
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