How to Make Pasta Sauce and Meatballs

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    Very easy and good to make. I have no cooking skills and since my wife is recovering from surgery, I am forced to do the cooking and cleaning for us and the kids. I followed the videos and I amazed myself! It was very good and my kids and wife loved it. I can't wait for tomorrow. I already found the videos for my next dinner, Enchiladas! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

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    I sorry but you should only put oregano in fish sauce or pizza sauce. meat sauce or gravy you should use basil or parsley. oregano is the thing that gives you heart burn or ahgata.

Marie Guaragna-Beirne
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Marie has been a cooking instructor for over five years at the Arlington Adult Education center and also teaches private cooking instruction. Marie is the president of MGB Special Events located in Arlington, Virginia.  MGB is a private-client based company specializing in all authentic homemade cuisine. Marie is also a professional bartender and enjoys working at parties in Virginia, DC and Maryland. Marie enjoys catering many diverse events anywhere from small intimate dinners up to parties with 100 guests. Cooking for most of her adult life and was extremely lucky to have had the best cooking coach in the world; her Mom. Marie is of Sicilian decent where there is no finer fare!

How to Make Pasta Sauce and Meatballs

 

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How to Make Pasta Sauce and Meatballs

Ingredients

Tomato Sauce:
28 ounces of canned tomatoes
3/4 cup of water
Oregano
1 teaspoon of pepper
Salt
1/4 olive oil
4-5 leaves of basil
4 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup of sugar
1 diced onion
Meatballs:
Two eggs
1 pound of ground beef
4 leaves of basil
2 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper
4 slices of bread

Instructions

1. Dice an onion and place it in a pan with the olive oil. Saute it for five minutes or until it is irridescent.


2. Add the tomatoes, sugar and garlic to the pan. Add pepper, basil and oregano and stir it together on medium heat for an hour.


3. Whisk the eggs together. Cut up the basil and add it to the bowl along with parsley, garlic, salt and pepper.


4. Remove the crust from the bread and wet the bread. Chop up the bread and add it to the other ingredients.


5. Add the meat and mix well with a whisk or your hands. Form into balls and gently drop them into the tomato sauce for 45 minutes to an hour.

 

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Bonjourno! My name is Marie Beirne and I am with MGB Special Events, in Arlington Virginia. Today I am going to show you how to make my mom s old fashioned pasta sauce together with meatballs for a delicious meal. I am going to show you all of the processes and all of the techniques in order to make this delicious meal, anywhere from making the sauce, to forming the meatballs, to special techniques on how not to burn them and how not to stir them. The tools we will need today are some sharp knifes, cutting board, spoon, can opener, and a large pot. Ingredients we ll need today are tomatoes, oregano, pepper, salt, olive oil some basil, garlic, sugar and a diced onion, two eggs and of course ground beef. And as with any cooking, be sure that you are always washing your hands, anytime you are handling any type of raw meats or raw fish, just see that you prevent the spread of bacteria. So before we begin, let me tell you little about myself. I have been cooking for many years now and was very fortunate to have grown up in a household with the best cook in the world, my mom. We are of Sicilian descent where there is no finer food. I have been a cooking instructor now for over five years and I love sharing my culinary talents with all of my students, and I can't wait to get started to share with you. So now let s get started making this wonderful plate of pasta with meat balls.

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