Carrot and zucchini paste with meatballs
first courses from Italy - Emilia-Romagna
Pappardelle with meat sauce with meatballs
Pappardelle with meat sauce with meatballs
ready in
2 hours 15 minutes
difficulty
daily requirement
100% Fat
100% Protein
100% Carbohydrates
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description
Classic Sunday dish. A few simple ingredients, a little patience and you know what you eat!
preparation
step 1
Finely chop celery, carrot and onion and fry over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes
step 2
Add the minced meat, strain immediately and cook for another 10 minutes
step 3
After 10 minutes this is the result. From here on, do not mix anymore
step 4
Remove about 1/3 of the preparation, let it cool in a bowl
step 5
Add the egg and breadcrumbs enough to form a compact dough
step 6
Meanwhile, cook the meat for another 5 minutes; add the glass of wine, raise the heat to the maximum and let it evaporate
step 7
With the mixture of meat, egg and breadcrumbs, form some meatballs, which we will add to the preparation
step 8
After 5 minutes, add the tomato puree and about 400 ml of water. Lower the flame to a minimum, add the meatballs
step 9
Here is the presentation of the ragù just added tomato and water
step 10
Cover with a lid, cook for at least an hour and a half, even better a couple of hours
step 11
While cooking (30 minutes from when the tomato is added), add the bay leaves, the teaspoon of sugar, the spoon of salt and the grated pepper at the time
step 12
The sauce must come this way after two hours. Dense and concentrated
step 13
Put a pot of water on the stove, add salt and bring to a boil
step 14
Cook the pasta as indicated on the package
step 15
Drain very well, season with grated Parmesan and a generous amount of meat sauce with a couple of meatballs. Enjoy your meal!