Meatballs With Spaghetti And Tomato Sauce

Directions

1. To make the meatballs all you do is place all the ingredients into the bowl of a food processor and blend everything on a low speed till thoroughly blended.
2. If you dont have a processor chop everything as finely as possible with a sharp knife and blend it with a fork.
3. Now take walnut sized pcs of the mix and shape them into rounds you should end up with 24 meatballs.
4. Put them in a large dish or possibly on a tray cover with clingfilm and refrigeratefor about 30 min to hard up.
5. Preheat the oven to a low setting.
6. When you are ready to cook the meatballs heat 1 Tbsp. of the oil in a large frying pan and over a fairly high heat add in 12 meatballs at a time and cook them till they are crispy and brown all over adding a little more oil as necessary.
7. This will take 45 min per batch so as they are cooked remove them to a plate and keep them hot covered with foil in the oven.
8. Cook the pasta and gently hot the tomato sauce.
9. Drain the pasta return it to the pan and toss in the tomato sauce quickly mix well and then pile it on to plates.
10. Top with the meatballs sprinkle with some freshly grated Parmesan and finish with a few basil leaves.
11. The Americans invented meatballs to go with spaghetti and there are lots of grnd rules but the main criteria for any meatball is which it should have a kind of heat in the mouth lightness and not be heavy and bouncy These I think are just right.
12. Serves 4 (makes 24 meatballs)