Friday, September 10, 2010

meatballs with homemade tomato sauce in a slow cooker

I fucking love meatballs. Seriously. Meatballs with spaghetti or on a sandwich or just in a bowl maybe with some crackers on the side. I also love making meatballs. It's easy and a crock pot really makes it awesome. This is a two-part recipe, first baking the meatballs and then letting them take a loooong bath in the homemade sauce I'm also going to teach you all to make in this entry. Fuck... I want meatballs now. Damn it.

The Ingredients:

The Sauce:

- 2 32oz cans crushed tomatoes

- 1 15 oz can tomato paste

- 1 tbsp EACH of garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, ground black pepper, white sugar (increase garlic/ onion/ oregano, pepper to taste)

- 1 tsp salt

- 1 tsp seasoned salt

- crushed red pepper to taste


The Rundown:

- put all ingredients in slowcooker, mix well

- set to low



The Meatballs:

The Ingredients:

- 2 lbs ground beef or turkey

- 2-3 eggs

- 1 cup breadcrumbs

- 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

- garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, salt, pepper to taste


The Rundown:

-preheat oven to 350

grease bottom of 13x9 pan

- mix all ingredients together by hand

- form into balls (I usually go in between a golf ball and a tennis ball)

- place in greased baking pan

- bake uncovered for 30 min

- place meatballs in slow cooker with sauce, let cook 4-6 hours, gently shifting meatballs every 45 min or so

- serve however the hell you want...

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