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The Best Spaghetti and Meatballs You’ll Ever Have | The Best Thing I Ever Made | Food Network
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Spaghetti and Meatballs
RECIPE COURTESY OF TED ALLEN
Level: Easy
Total: 2 hr 30 min
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 2 hr
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
Meatballs:
1 pound ground beef
8 ounces ground pork
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
1/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs (made from stale bread)
1/3 cup chicken stock, preferable homemade or low-sodium store bought
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 large eggs
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for forming meatballs
Gravy:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 celery ribs, chopped
2 medium yellow onions, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon tomato paste
One 28-ounce can chopped San Marzano tomatoes
3 quarts chicken stock, preferable homemade or low-sodium store bought
2 or 3 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together with cotton string
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
1 pound spaghetti
Salt
Directions
For the meatballs: In a large bowl, using your hands mix together the beef, pork, Parmesan, parsley, breadcrumbs, stock, salt, cayenne, eggs, garlic and onions until evenly combined. Be careful not to overwork the mixture; you don’t want to compact the meat too much or the meatballs will be tough. Put a little oil on your hands and form loosely into golf ball size meatballs. You should have about 25.
Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Gently add the meatballs and brown thoroughly on all sides; this will take about 15 minutes. Transfer the meatballs to a plate, and refrigerate until you are ready to cook them in the sugo.
For the gravy: In the same pan you used to cook the meatballs, heat the olive oil over medium heat and add the celery, onions and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic and bay leaves and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Push the veggies to one side and add the tomato paste, toasting it on the bottom of the pan for 1 minute. Stir into the vegetables.
Add the tomatoes, chicken stock and thyme, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer very gently, partially covered, until thick and significantly reduced, about an hour.
Carefully add the meatballs, a few at a time, and simmer, stirring very gently now and then – don’t break-a-ya bawls! – until cooked through, 40 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Add most of the basil and stir, reserving a little to sprinkle over the top for serving.
Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a pot of salted boiling water until al dente, about 8 minutes.
To serve, put the pasta into a large serving bowl. Immediately ladle sauce on top and then the meatballs. Garnish with chopped fresh basil and freshly grated Parmesan. Plate the remaining sauce and meatballs in a separate bowl.
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@jc42100
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Oh my god I am dying here my mouth is drooling
@theprimeministerthatstolefree
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
More like .."The Best Thing I ever Threw in the Garbage"
@callmeobsequious
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
2:35 seeing this on food network when i was younger is literally how i learned not to rinse pasta
@dairyashford
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
getting too cute with the TWELVE cups of chicken broth
@RobertPlayzhun
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Did Ted Allen saw Robert Irvine in food network!!!!!
@flyintheointment
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Not even close to the best. This is the average.
@thelasdragon
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I actually made this for my family and they love it..its not too soupy if you let it cook down and you can put your own touches to it like not too much stock but its still good either way..my son loves it and I made philly boy Jay's spaghetti but he likes this one better and my wife does also
@tammycampbell7797
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
The sauce looked like soup.
@germurcan4130
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Why not use some red or white wine instead of all that stock? 12 cups is waaay too much
@johnbeck4216
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
What an abomination.
Your tomato sauce is a pitiful and not remotely authentic.
@Lapusso650
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
This looks like it's from the onion…
@clownbaby122122
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
That sauce is wayyyyyy to watery. 12 cups of broth? Boy you done lost your mind.
@tigercrane64
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I like meatballs but they must be all beef because I have a allergy to pork. I noticed many restaurants use a blend of beef and pork.
@III0En0III
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
The whole time I was afraid he'd Chop me 😂😂😂
@munchthemaster8124
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I like how he said gravy instead sauce real Italian
@kirkdrun1
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
https://youtu.be/4oqme8kLeIk
@Terri_MacKay
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I've been madly in love with Ted since his Queer Eye days…and I reject all criticism of this dish. Ted can do no wrong!! 😍😍
@TsunamiWombat
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Whats amazing is if you leave out the chicken stock you actually have a good recipe.
@Mrbink01
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Sauce looks thin AF.
@patricklarry6645
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Too much stock. It was too thin a sauce for spaghetti.
@mrbear1302
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
My dad used to rinse the pasta when I was a kid!
@ray7419
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
No Ted, never crack an egg directly into your product, Incase it’s a bad one. Always crack it into a separate bowl first.
I’m sorry…. you’ve been chopped.
@carsonfran
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Good try. Not really near 'ultimate' but bless your heart.
@michaeltaylors2456
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Tough crowd here. So you went to friends house they serve you this,,, oh hell no, I’m out my ancestors will haunt you , right ? Lol
@carolinavasconez1999
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Ted, i really liked your recipe, and you are right, never ever rinse the pasta,.
@gullreefclub
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Sorry as Alton Brown might say that is not good eats. The meatballs are lacking in seasoning and that “gravy” ranks as slightly chunky soup stock, the only thing I agree with this recipe is how to cook the pasta
@MaxMcAdams
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
thats not linguine and im calling the pope
@jadebell550
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Chicken meatball soup over spaghetti 🍝.. I’ll pass thanks anyway..
@gloryobed1119
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Hmmm… yum yum. Am ready for this this Xmas 😚
@mariemarieb3250
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
I don’t usually comment but…….chicken stock in sauce??? ✋🏼
@Robinedghill
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
That’s the saddest spaghetti and meatballs ever
@hungrypeople
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Wow I am going to make this meat ball!!!
@FLN62
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Thick sauce? 😂 it looks like tomato soup lol
@sadie4me2
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
That is not Italian sauce. That’s chicken sauce…….
@HomeBox77
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
It might be weird if I don't like spaghetti, but that's the truth … do you know why …?
@blessedpandagirl
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
no garlic in meatballs
no soup in meatballs
no soup in sauce
no thyme in sauce
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris9623
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Ted, You're my dude but don't ever crack an egg into your main bowl…it could be a bad one.
@psw4763
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
It looks delicious but I like to see the actual taste test.
@teresaferro4350
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Can’t wait to make this!
@erikadowdy686
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
He does recipes to?!?
I thought he was just an announcer
@fathighshcooler
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
And here I thought he was just a Judge
@samanthachristy8030
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
This looks like chicken soup – but instead of chicken you put meatballs in with a can of diced tomatoes and cooked it down.
@WillSevyy
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
Some one send this to dunkey
@manuelpalacios4448
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
NEVER RINSE THE PASTA, first time I hear that, I totally agree with you. I am from Nicaragua, I'm sending you a big hug!
@Rem694u2
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
If you are taking only just over an hour your sauce is garbage and my Italian grandmother spits on you from beyond the grave.
@bbtv578
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
so good video👍👍👍
@sandelresano740
December 29, 2023 at 1:54 pm
2nd 😍 Oh Lord that was mouthwatering🤩 if u agree make this blue. Hugs to u all.