Spaghetti Meatballs (Špagete s okruglicama)
Procedure
Tear bread into chunks and blitz in the food processor. Soak in milk.
Dice onion and garlic. Fry until softened on low heat (about 15 minutes).
Mix pork, beef, soaked breadcrumbs, finely chopped anchovies, fried onion and garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and leave to rest for 1 hour.
Put peeled and crushed garlic with halved tomatoes into a roasting tray. Salt, pepper and olive oil on top. Place in a preheated oven at 400 °F to roast for 25 minutes. Once roasted pour white wine and balsamic vinegar fully mixed with sugar. and leave for a few minutes. Crush all into a sauce removing tomato skins. Move them to a big pan.
Roll meat mix into golf-sized meatballs and sear them in a frying pan (1-2 minutes). Once seared, move all to the big pan with sauce and cook over a gentle heat until cooked through (20-25 minutes).
Cook pasta al dente, drain it, and then combine with meatballs in the big pan.
Grate parmesan over served plate and garnish with a few basil leaves.
Ingredients
Meatballs
| 2 slices | Bread (old) | |
| 100 ml | Milk | |
| 1 | White onion | |
| 2 cloves | Garlic | |
| 50 ml | Olive oil | |
| 300 g | Beef | |
| 300 g | Pork | |
| 3-4 | Tinned anchovies | |
| 1 tbsp | Dried oregano | |
| 1 tbsp | Salt | |
| 1 tbsp | Black pepper |
Sauce
| 6 cloves | Garlic | |
| 500 g | Tomatoes | |
| 1 pinch | Salt | |
| 1 pinch | Black pepper | |
| 50 ml | Olive oil | |
| 150 ml | White wine | |
| 1 tbsp | Balsamic vinegar | |
| 1 tbsp | Caster sugar |
Pasta
| 400 g | Spaghetti | (1 pack) |
| Freshly grated parmesan | ||
| Fresh basil leaves |