How long do you cook meatballs in tomato sauce?

For the tomato sauce: In a large pot, heat the extra-virgin olive oil and cook the onions until translucent. Add the tomato puree and bring to a boil. Add the salt, and pepper, to taste and lower the heat to medium. Add the uncooked meatballs to the pot and let cook on medium heat for 30 minutes. read more

Now that you’ve soaked up the excess grease, you’ve got flavor-infused meatballs and concentrated tomato sauce. The sauce has been simmering for about two hours at this point. The way I remember this from my childhood the pot would be on the stove as low as it would go, or sitting in a crock pot, all day. read more

Then combine the meat into the sauce and cook for a little bit longer. Some people like to really slow cook their sauce, like 4-5 hours, but if you don't start from fresh tomatoes then you probably don't need to cook as long, since fresh tomatoes have a lot of water and juice to boil down. read more

The Basics: How to Make Meatballs in Red Sauce By CHOW Food Team | Published on Monday, October 26, 2015 Edit From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from raw ingredients to your dinner tonight, free of measurements and complicated techniques. read more