Meatballs With Angel Hair Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and finely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet (or finely crush in food processor).
• In large bowl, mix crushed cereal, ground beef, 1/4 cup cheese, the Italian seasoning, garlic powder and 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce until well blended. Shape into 16 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs.
• Spray 12-inch skillet with cooking spray. Cook meatballs in skillet over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, turning occasionally, until browned. Drain if necessary.
• Add remaining tomato sauce, the tomatoes and red pepper to meatballs; turn meatballs to coat. Cover; cook over medium-low heat 15 to 20 minutes, stirring sauce and turning meatballs occasionally, until meatballs are thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center.
• Meanwhile, cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Serve meatballs over pasta. Top each serving with additional Parmesan cheese and parsley.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, warm the olive oil and garlic over medium heat. Add a pinch of salt and 2 tablespoons water. Simmer until the water cooks out and the garlic becomes tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste with 2 more tablespoons water and cook to "fry" the paste for a minute in the oil, stirring. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook over medium heat until they soften, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the cream. Season with salt to taste. Keep warm.
• In a large pot, bring 4 quarts water to a rolling boil. Add a generous handful of salt. Bring the water back up to a boil. Add the pasta and cook, stirring with a slotted spoon to make sure it does not clump or stick to the bottom, until al dente, 3 to 4 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid and drain the pasta in a large colander.
• Add the hot pasta right from the colander to the skillet and toss to coat with the cream. Shut the heat off and allow the pasta to rest for 2 minutes. If too thin, gently warm and reduce over low heat for 1 to 2 additional minutes. If it becomes too thick, simply thin it out with some of the reserved pasta cooking liquid. Serve topped with the cheese.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan cook ground beef, bell pepper, onion, mushrooms and garlic until beef no longer pink.
• Drain well.
• In a Dutch oven, combine meat mixture, tomatoes and all seasonings.
• Bring mixture to boil (if too thick add 1/4 to 1/2 cup water), stirring occasionally; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Remove and discard bay leaves.
• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain well and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly spray a 13x9 baking dish with veggie spray.
• Spoon 1/3 of the sauce mixture over the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Top with 1/2 of the pasta, then 1/3 of the cheeses.
• Repeat layers, ending with the sauce and reserving remaining 1/3 of cheese.
• Bake uncovered, 45 minutes.
• Top with remaining cheeses and bake another 10 to 15 minutes until cheese is melted.
• Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes efore cutting into squares to serve.

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain, oil lightly and set aside.
• Meanwhile, combine all ingredients except the flour in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
• Dust a cookie sheet with flour.
• With your hands lightly oiled, shape the mixture into meatballs, about 15 ml (1 tablespoon) each. Arrange them on the sheet and dust with flour.
• In the same pot used for cooking the pasta, brown the meatballs in the oil. Add the broth and the cream. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently until the meatballs are cooked through. Return the pasta to the pot and add the cheese. Stir to combine and heat through. Adjust the seasoning. Add broth if necessary.
• Sprinkle each serving with basil.