Homemade Spaghetti-Os with Meatballs
Homemade Spaghetti-Os with Meatballs is a nostalgic dish that everyone loves! It combines O-shaped pasta and tiny meatballs in a simple homemade spaghetti sauce.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: pasta, entree
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian American
Ingredients
Scale
8 ounces O-shaped pasta
Meatballs
1 pound ground turkey
1 whole egg
1/4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
Sauce
1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons light cream or half and half
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry basil
1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
1 teaspoon granulated sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package direction but before draining, save a cup of pasta water. Drain and rinse cooked pasta with cold water. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a medium sheet tray with parchment.
- In a medium bowl, mix all meatball ingredients and scoop out balls using a one-ounce scoop. Then cut each ball into quarters and roll each tiny meatball. There should be about 85 mini balls.
- Line up meatballs onto the prepared pan and bake for ten minutes.
- While meatballs are cooking, in a large saucepan, place all sauce ingredients and puree with an immersion blender, or blend in a regular blender and pour into the pan.
- Add the cooked meatballs, bring to a slight boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add cooked pasta and bring heat back up. Add a little pasta water to get the right consistency.
- Serve with additional Parmesan cheese.
