sandr077

Photo Credit Yes, for the first time I made homemade tomato sauce and meatballs.  Very exciting!  My mother did not have a recipe as she "wings it".  So I hit the web in search of my trademark sauce.  You know... the sauce that will become our family recipe ... the one my daughter will pass down to her kids! :)   So, I started with the Barefoot Contessa as she can do no wrong.  I took her basic recipe, read all the online reviews, and added what I thought sounded good!  I added more pork (and no veal) as veal was too hard to find.  I ended up with the following recipe that I have to say was pretty damn good.   I ngredients For the meatballs: 1 pound ground  pork 1 pound  ground beef 1 cup panko bread crumbs 1/4 cup seasoned dry  bread crumbs 1/2 cup freshly grated  Parmesan cheese 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground  nutmeg 1 extra-large egg, beaten 1/4 cup minced onion...