The Zappa Family Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe from the NYT

[palermolodi]

Is that Zappa as in "Frank Zappa"?? Nice Video, Daniel in NYC

[earlysnowdrop]

@palermolodi

thanks Daniel.

I don't believe it is the same Zappa family. :)

[turtles12]

this looks terrible

[CUCHIE68]

Is this family related to Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa oh yes Dwiezle also?

[pipeandslippersman]

i love italian food, and i love to cook - so this has been a wonderful 5 minutes. but, i dunno... i was expecting a guitar solo, maybe....

[zampieri3]

fantastico, perfetto

[atncc1701]

You forgot..Olive Oil! How do you flavor an acidic vegetable without fat? Believe me there is not enough drippings from the meat to truly infuse the sauce with flavor-carrying fat, always place a half inch of oil in the bottom of a warmed sauce pot.

Also, another option is to blend the browned onions and garlic with your cans of whole tomatoes on puree setting for a few minutes. This crushes the tomato seeds as well and gives the sauce a more velvety consistency.

Thanks for posting!

[LoveMyPhilly]

The meatballs look wonderful and the spaghetti looks delish! Five stars

[padude64]

i will make you classic spaghetti and meatballs and will make a video soon!

[heroesfan999]

when u appeared suddendly and said

"measure this"

i got a fright

haha

good recepie

[reddoorpaintedblack]

Wow, plain ground beef with some herbs? Tomato sauce from a can! I GOTTA try this!!! Pftt.... how uninspired. And what exactly was the pork and beef used for? Simply seasoning the sauce? What a waste. I don't get how this got into the NY Times at all.

[cvjucla3]

Thanks, I used elements of your sauce recipe to make Thanksgiving dinner for myself. Although I was alone, making a nice traditional italian dinner made my day go smooth. I drank pinot noir red wine and listen to Pavorotti cds while I cooked.

[earlysnowdrop]

It's actually a wooden spoon.

[dave777blaster]

Ugh Plastic spoon yuck

your poisoning your family

[padude64]

Cook spaghetti sauce in a slow cooker!

[gigi1minuz]

I'm italian from naples and spaghetti with meatballs isn't a typical italian food...at most when we have nothing to eat we mix meatballs with pasta,but only in case of emergency,damn!!!

[expotv]

nice

[padude64]

Never add that much water! Add tablespoons of water! Too much water not only makes the sauce thinner, but drowns the seasonings!

[Diosesoffro]

this isn't italian dishes....bleahhhhh

[jazzup]

who said it was?

[padude64]

I use fresh tomatoes and I use Italian tomatoes where I place into a food processer as my family hates chunky sauce!

After frying meatballs, I add to the juice to the crockpot!

[padude64]

To my meatballs, I add finely chopped onion (large) Basil, oregano, seasoned salt, pepper parmesan, 1 egg 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, i egg and one half cup milk and then I mix it all together! I use beef pork and veal.

[padude64]

I use fresh roma tomatoes and canned tomato sauce and puree. You can also used canned Italian whole tomatoes. Some people do not like chunky sauce.

A little marjoram makes the sauce taste delicious as well. I prefer to cook my sauce in a crock pot. Add milk to bread crumbs as it makes the meatballs easy to form.

[bigbreadeaterellis]

what are the best spices to add to meatballs?

[padude64]

I cook my sauce for at least 18 hours! The longer it cooks, the better it tastes! I truly believe it!

[padude64]

Add the gravy to the crockpot. Man! You will love it!

[padude64]

Add milk to the bread crumbs for better forming of meatballs!

[padude64]

Monitor how much water you add as it will run off the pasta! The sauce should cling to the pasta!

[padude64]

I also chop my onions in a food processer so they can incorporated into the meatbals when I form them

[padude64]

Your sauce looks really good! Thanks for sharing your video.I have a web cam which I need a very long extention to record a video so tomorrow I am goingto try to find one and put my sauce recipe on here.

[padude64]

After frying the meatballs, add the seasoned juice from the pan you fried the meatballs into the crockpot.

[padude64]

If you prefer you can add fresh parmesan cheese to the sauce in the crockpot or you may add 2 bay leaves! The crock pot makes spaghetti and meatballs diner a classic!

[padude64]

add one teaspoon of marjoram to the crock pot too

[padude647]

I makemy meatballs from scratch! Fresh garlic and Onion and my sauce is made from fresh Garden tomatoes! I also add parsley, basil, sesoned salt and pepper. 1 Egg 3-4 cup bread crumbs and 2 cloves garlic to my meatball seasoning! I then mix meatball mixture and form them into balls and I add one tablespoon olive oil and fry meatballs until caramelized! Then I throw the meatballs into the sauce and then cook them for 12 hours in a crock pot! DEElicious!

[earlysnowdrop]

Oh my gosh! I love the crock pot. I must try this technique.

[padude647]

I make my sauce with fresh tomatoes. That makes it great!

[earlysnowdrop]

I had a bumper crop of tomotoes this summer and made some sauce using fresh tomatoes. Yummy!

[KenwoodKlown]

So what did she do with the pork chops and the roast?

[meggiemeg86]

No kidding it's thin, you addedd 4 cups of water. Oh and Italians call any sauce with meat in it, gravy.

[ichabod1101]

Who cares what italians call any sauce the lady isnt living in Italy.

[meggiemeg86]

Just a little info.

[letsgomets002]

can italian tomatoes are better than out of season no taste hard tomatoes you don't cook

[bigdollzcom]

would be nice if u used fresh tomatoes, and not just something from a can!

[mjd775]

Im from England, and you are making me sooo hungry. When can I come to taste your pasta and meatballs?