Meat Balls with Spaghetti

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 1 lb. ground meat
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• = teaspoon salt
• 1 onion (grated)
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 1 6 or 8 oz. package spaghetti
• Parmesan cheese

Method

1. 1

   Melt shortening in frying pan.

2. 2

   Mix meat with salt, onion and egg.

3. 3

   Form into meat balls and brown in the hot shortening.

4. 4

   When brown remove from pan.

5. 5

   Stir flour, chili powder and bay leaf into the shortening in frying pan.

6. 6

   Add tomato juice and cook, stirring until thick.

7. 7

   Return meat balls to sauce and simmer to cook through.

8. 8

   Cook spaghetti in boiling, salted water.

9. 9

   Drain and arrange on platter, placing meat balls on top.

10. 10

    Cover with sauce and serve with additional sauce and cheese.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MEAT BALLS WITH SPAGHETTI 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 lb. ground meat 1 bay leaf = teaspoon salt 2 cups tomato juice 1 onion (grated) 1 6 or 8 oz. package spaghetti 1 egg (beaten) Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons flour

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