Spaghetti is an easy dinner for me. It is quick, I always have the ingredients in my kitchen, and my family never complains. Life could not be any better. This dish has only one disadvantage. No matter how much I prepare, the whole dish is eaten and the next day I again have to rack my brains over what to prepare for dinner. But from time to time it is worth taking it easy. Even if you have to start from scratch the next day.

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for spaghetti with meatballs in tomato sauce. Although the dish looks different from traditional spaghetti Bolognese, it was accepted and eaten without complaint.

Ingredients:
spaghetti
500g of mincemeat
50g of barley groats
1 onion
1 egg
3 tablespoons of flour
2 tablespoons of oil
500ml of vegetable stock
750ml of passata
1 tablespoon of butter
2 cloves of garlic
chili pepper
1 teaspoon of rosemary
1 teaspoon of basil
1 teaspoon of thyme
salt and pepper

Dice half of the onion. Boil the barley groats. Put the mincemeat, egg, barley groats and onion into a bowl. Add salt and pepper and stir. Form small balls with the mixture, cover with the flour and fry in oil. Add the vegetable stock and boil on a low heat for 20 minutes.
Slice the rest of the onion, garlic and chili pepper. Melt the butter in a pan. Add the onion, garlic and chili pepper and fry for a while. Add the passata, rosemary, thyme and basil. Spice it up with salt and pepper and boil for 10 minutes. Put the meatballs with the sauce into the tomato sauce and boil on a low heat for 20-25 minutes.
Serve with boiled, al dente spaghetti. Garnish with parsley or basil leaves.

Enjoy your meal!

Try also:
Spaghetti alla puttanesca
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My spaghetti Bolognese