Nonnie’s Meatballs in Marinara
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You all asked for it. At All Types Of Bowls, we treat everyday as if it were Sunday, so in honor of that, we are making Nonnie’s homemade meatballs with her Sunday sauce.
This recipe is basically a two-for-one. I’ll break down how to not only make the meatballs I literally lived off of as a child, but also give the recipe for her make-from-scratch marinara, or Sunday sauce.
I make this sauce in batches because it saves really easily. This sauce can be used for when you need to make a quick pasta for dinner, as a pizza sauce, or even for a Bolognese base. Marinara is so versatile I always end up using my leftovers within a couple weeks.
The meatballs are also really easy to make, but there is a secret to these. It’s basically to use stale bread as a substitute for your breadcrumbs, and soak the whole piece of bread in milk for a few seconds, squeeze the milk out, and crush them into the meatball mixture. Doing this instead of using actual dried breadcrumbs give the meatballs so much moisture when cooking them. Another trick is to finish cooking the meatballs in the actual Marinara sauce. It’s kind of like finishing to cook the pasta in the sauce. This helps give the meatballs their overall amazing flavor.