Mamma-Mia Italian Meatballs

Step 1

First, put the sausage links in the bottom of a large sauce pot, over medium heat, with 1 tbsp of butter and brown the sausage

Step 2

Once the sausage is browned, add the crushed tomatoes and the tomato sauce to the pot and mix in the brown sugar, bay leaves, 1/2 cup red wine, and potato (cut the potato into 4 large quarters for easy removal later)

Step 3

While the sauce is cooking, cube the Italian bread, and soak in milk

Step 4

Mix soaked bread with ground sausage, veal, sirloin, eggs, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, cayenne, and 3 tbsp red wine.

Step 5

Once the meat mixture is completely blended together, form a meatball of your preferred size, roll it in breadcrumbs and place it in the sauce to cook

Step 6

Once you have all meatballs in the sauce and completely covered by the sauce, cover the pot with a lid and continue to cook for about 4 hours, occasionally stirring so the sauce doesn't burn.

Step 7

Now you can use the rest of that wine to pour in a glass, sit back, and wait for the meatballs to be ready while you enjoy the aroma of the meal to come.