Spaghetti and meatballs
Encyclopedia
Spaghetti with meatballs (or Spaghetti and meatballs) is a dish that usually consists of spaghetti
, tomato sauce
and meatball
s.
According to Food Network
host and correspondent Alton Brown
, early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City were the first to make it and the National Pasta Association
(originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) was the first organization to publish a recipe for it in the 1920s.
However, food critic and author Kyle Phillips says he has found similar dishes in Italy that pre-date it.
In the vast majority of cases, however, Old World
Italian cuisine calls for mixing heavy meat sauces with fettuccine
and tagliatelle
but not spaghetti.
Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour...
, tomato sauce
Tomato sauce
A tomato sauce is any of a very large number of sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish...
and meatball
Meatball
A meatball is made from an amount of ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as breadcrumbs, minced onion, spices, and possibly eggs...
s.
According to Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
host and correspondent Alton Brown
Alton Brown
Alton Crawford Brown is an American television personality, author, actor, and cinematographer. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats and the mini-series Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and he is the host and main commentator on Iron Chef America...
, early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City were the first to make it and the National Pasta Association
National Pasta Association
The National Pasta Association is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry. The NPA originally formed as The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers of America in 1904, making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States.-History:A...
(originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) was the first organization to publish a recipe for it in the 1920s.
However, food critic and author Kyle Phillips says he has found similar dishes in Italy that pre-date it.
- "...though Spaghetti with meatballs are rare in Italy there are Italian precursors: I have had spaghetti with tiny meatballs in Puglia, [Sicilian food authority] Pino Correnti notes that meatballs were a common addition to feast day pasta sauces in Sicily..."
In the vast majority of cases, however, Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
Italian cuisine calls for mixing heavy meat sauces with fettuccine
Fettuccine
Fettuccine is a type of pasta popular in Roman Cuisine. It is a flat thick noodle made of egg and flour wider than but similar to the tagliatelle typical of Bologna...
and tagliatelle
Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle and tagliolini are a traditional type of pasta from Emilia-Romagna and Marches, regions of Italy. Individual pieces of tagliatelle are long, flat ribbons that are similar in shape to fettuccine and are typically about 0.65 cm to 1 cm wide...
but not spaghetti.