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Step 1
In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients but the olive oil in a bowl. I suggest just grabbing a tablespoon of tomato sauce from the can of crushed tomatoes you’re going to use for the marinara-the sauce won’t miss the bit that you’re adding to the meatballs.
Step 2
Using your hands, mix all of the meat together until it forms a well-combined ball, then stop. You won’t want to overwork the meat or you’ll end up with tough meatballs.
Step 3
Add olive oil to a dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Step 4
With a two-teaspoon scoop, form balls and place them into the dutch oven. Measure out about 18-20 meatballs, placing them into the heated dutch oven as they’re formed.
Step 5
Pan fry them for 10 minutes, turning them as you go so that all sides are browned.
Step 6
Place the meatballs onto a paper towel lined plate and drain the fat out of the dutch oven.
Step 7
In the same dutch oven that you just made the meatballs and drained the fat from, add the olive oil, garlic, and shallot. Saute for 3 minutes.
Step 8
Add the spices and give them a stir to wake them up. Then add the white wine. It’ll bubble and deglaze the pan.
Step 9
Then, slowly add the crushed tomatoes and throw in the parmesan rind.
Step 10
Bring it to a simmer for 2 minutes and then turn it down to low.
Step 11
Return the meatballs to the sauce. Toss.
Step 12
Top with parmesan, chopped basil and serve over pasta, if desired...enjoy!