Spaghetti and meatballs  #shortvideo #cooking

Ingredients

- 100g Parmesan cheese, finely grated (plus extra for the top)
- 50g breadcrumbs
- 50ml milk
- Small bunch parsley, finely chopped
- 500g of veal mince (or you can use beef or lamb)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Olive oil
- 2 sticks celery, finely diced
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, finely diced
- 1 jar of tomato passata
- 1/2 bunch basil
- 1 packet spaghetti

Method

1. To make the meatballs, add the cheese, breadcrumbs and milk to a bowl and stir to hydrate the breadcrumbs.
2. Add the mince meat, parsley and season with salt and pepper.
3. Mix well until you have a bouncy, sticky meat mixture.
4. Drizzle a good amount of olive oil onto an oven-safe tray. Roll your meatballs just smaller than a golf ball.
5. Once all the balls are rolled, place into a 180°c oven for 25-30 minutes.
6. Get a large pot of salted water on to boil to cook the pasta.
7. In a separate saucepan, add a good amount of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the celery, carrot and garlic.
8. Season with salt and cook this for 10-12 minutes.
9. Add the tomato passata and bring to a light simmer. Once it's simmering, add your basil and stir through.
10. Cook the sauce for 25 minutes before removing the basil and adding the cooked meatballs to the sauce.
11. Stir well and start cooking your pasta to the packet instructions.
12. Once your pasta is cooked, drain well, preserving some of the cooking water to stir through your meatballs and sauce.
13. Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil, grated Parmesan and a little bit more basil.

[jaimejohnesee]

"Basic Mitch" always makes me chuckle. 😂

[perplxxd]

mitch isn't basic, he's just a man of simple pleasures.

[Rosemary_Maple]

Something that we all have to accept is that, while we think we're Babe, sometimes we're just Mitch, and that's ok ♥️

[kimlee]

"Basic Mitch" always cracks me up. 😂

[rezzcaurus]

Mitch and Babe, the two luckiest person ever live😊

[Donna-C]

So many “Cheffy” tips in the recipe that I picked up!
- Use veal.
- Let the milk soak / hydrate the breadcrumbs & cheese.
- Oven baking the meatballs.
- The soffritto (mixture of diced carrots, celery, and onions) is salted before adding Passata sauce.
- The basil is added for flavour but removed before adding the meatballs.
- The spaghetti twirl on a stick for plating.

Thanks Chef! 👨‍🍳

[TLhikan]

Mitch may be basic, but he’s a good friend. Always gives Chef freedom to interpret his order.

[cornerstoneofeconomics]

Oh I so praise God for this awesome chef...Just love him n the way he cooks

[LakPak]

Love the basic Mitch series! So nice comfort food

[Meme-dlfh]

He gave Mitch his balls and he didn’t even ask for them. That’s a true friend.

[seraph]

Damn Mitch is living the dream, spaghetti and meatballs next to a lake

[white_shinxbi]

Love the way he makes everything look so effortless

[muhdshafik]

Wow, I'm hungry looking at this must-have food😂😋

[sivaitechg]

Mitch is everyone of us 🎉 the common man ❤

[DForDelecTable]

Can’t beat a good bowl of spaghetti and meatballs! Looks delicious! ❤

[Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan]

Haha you need to get babe to teach Mitch the art of knowing complicated dishes to eat 😂
Still waiting on the Cantonese family style dinner for Heun Wah please chef!

[katherinebraxton]

I love how you make everything from scratch! You take the wonder out of what I consider so complicated. Fresh noodles & meatballs! 💯♨️

[victorianvlogzooooooo]

its satisfying when "the edits" happen

[historyraven]

Andy still serves it up beautifully even for Mitch!😂❤❤

[ksadiablo]

Basic Mitch coming in clutch with the sketti!!😊