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Martin Scorsese Mother Sauce And Meatballs

Here's how you make Martin Scorsese Mother Sauce And Meatballs
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 60m
  • Cook: 4h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • Meat sauce
  • 1/2 pound shank of veal, whole
  • 1/2 pound pork sausage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup onion, chopped small
  • 5 garlic cloves, whole
  • 6 ounces tomato paste (1 can)
  • 1 cup water
  • 56 ounces Italian style tomatoes, (2 cans 28 ounces each)
  • Meatballs
  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 pound ground pork
  • 2 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon finely ground red pepper
  • 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
  • 1/8 cup bread crumbs, if needed for consistency
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Sauce:

  • Step 2: Sauté sausage and veal in a large pot in olive oil until a little brown.

  • Step 3: Put aside.

  • Step 4: Sauté onion and garlic cloves in the same pot until golden.

  • Step 5: Add tomato paste and 3 paste cans of water to pot.

  • Step 6: Put tomatoes through a sieve to remove seeds.

  • Step 7: When sauce starts to bubble, add salt and red pepper to taste and simmer for a while, stirring every now and then from the bottom up.

  • Step 8: Don't put in any oregano; it keeps repeating on you.

  • Step 9: Add the large pieces of veal and pork.

  • Step 10: Cook uncovered until meat comes apart with a fork, about 3 hours, adding water as needed.

  • Step 11: Meatballs:

  • Step 12: Mix meatball ingredients together and roll into egg-size balls.

  • Step 13: Put raw meatballs in the sauce—do not fry them.

  • Step 14: When meatballs float to the top of the sauce (don't stir until they do), they should be done.

  • Step 15: Simmer and stir a few more minutes.

  • Step 16: Remove pieces of veal and pork, slice, and serve as a side dish with meatballs.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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