Photo credit: Annie Archambault

Quebec-Italiano Spaghetti

Preparation: 20 min | Baking: 150 min | Portions: 4

Ingredient

Sauce

  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 4 boxes (28 oz) Italian seasonned cubed tomatoes
  • 1 box (5oz) italian tomato paste
  • 4 teaspoons cutted leaves of basil
  • 3 leaves dryed origano
  •  2 teaspoons thyme flakes
  • 2 tablespoons origano flakes
  • 4 teaspoons rosemary flakes
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • 454 g Oriental Bean sprouts
  • 3 medium sized zucchini courgettes
  • chilli peppers to taste

Meatballs

  • 2 c. à thé rosemary flakes
  • 2 c. à thé origano flakes
  • 2 c. à thé basil flakes
  • ¼ tasse italienne breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg
  • 2 c. à soupe parmesan cheese
  • 454 g Ground beef
  • 1 c. à thé Steak spices

Preparation

  1. In a high heat pot, cook the onions.
  2. Add the tomatoes boxes, flake spices and in leaves, salt, sugar and mix and bring down the heat to low.
  3. Cook slowly and mix every now and then for 45 minutes.
  4. Mix the sauce with a hand blender until the texture is homogenious. Add the tomato paste.
  5. In a bowl, place all the ingredient for the meatballs. Mix with your hands. Form 8 large meatballs or 16 small ones.
  6. Place the meatballs in the sauce and cook for an hour and a half.
  7. 3 minutes before serving time, cook the bean sprouts in a wok on medium heat until the bean sprouts are hot and crispy.  Mix it all together and serve.

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