Ingredients
For meatballs:
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 pound ground pork shoulder
- 2 1/2 cups bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 tablespoon red chile flakes
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
For sauce:
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 red onions, thinly sliced
- 1 head garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon red chili flakes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 (16-ounce) can San Marzano tomatoes and their juices, crushed by hand
- 1/2 bunch Italian parsley leaves, roughly chopped
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the turkey, pork, bread crumbs, milk, garlic, eggs, rosemary, chile flakes and salt and pepper and mix with hands until just combined. Form into 5-ounce balls and place in a shallow casserole. Roast in the oven until dark golden brown. Set aside.
Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
Meanwhile, in a large oven-proof skillet, heat the olive oil over high heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook over medium heat until well browned. Add the chili flakes and salt and pepper, to taste. Add the rosemary and red wine and stir until the wine is reduced by half. Add the tomatoes and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the meatballs, transferring to a large container if necessary, and cook in the oven 2 1/2 hours. Serve in shallow bowls with the sauce, topped with the parsley leaves.
















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By cwiniarski
on October 02, 2011
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I doubt that Mario ever made this recipe... after 2 1/2 hours in the oven, it would have been a crispy critter. Also, 2 tablespoons of red pepper flakes (1 in the meat balls and 1 in the sauce were wayyyyy too much.
Please try out your dishes before passing them on...
By 11041097
corpus christi, TX
on March 02, 2010
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We like spicy food but this recipe was out of the ballpark with spice.
The meatballs were almost dry in the pan halfway thru cooking so added a cup of water. 2-1/2 hrs seems extremely long for this dish. Seemed rather odd to me.
We ate a couple and were on fire. Threw the rest out.
By wowimadog
whozit, KY
on June 13, 2008
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recipe was way too spicy. next time, i'd reduce the flakes by 75%.
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