Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2013

The rating is for the meatballs only (always use store bought sauce- too time consuming to make the sauce AND the meatballs for a large group). Loved them! The recipe is a great starter recipe- easy to customize based on individual preferences.

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Grumpy Bear

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Statesboro, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2013

Meatballs were GREAT. BUt the sauce was too sweet and too bland. I had to doctor it up a LOT and add extra water and more crushed tomatoes to mask some of the sweetness (and I didn't even use all of the sugar). Then I still had to throw in a lot more garlic and other spices. The meatballs are a keeper, but I won't be making this sauce again.

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HOLLY9000

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: May 29, 2013

Fabulous. I agree with others to halve the sugar. I added basil and red pepper flakes.

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Deleasom

Reviewed: May 3, 2013

I made the recipe as listed with the following exceptions: used dried oregano and parsley versus fresh and only used 3/4 of the sugar called for. The meatballs are perfect but the sauce is way too sweet, even with me cutting it down. Other than the sweetness, it is good so I will definitely make again but will likely only use 2-3 Tbsp of sugar.

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jc5689

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2013

Amazing! I did make a few of the changes others suggested: 1)Swap 3 cans of paste for one can of paste + a 15 oz. can of sauce. 2)Use 2 cups water instead of one. 3) Use only 2 T sugar. I also used 2 bay leaves and added Cajun seasoning. You can also use dried oregano and parsley, just reduce to 4 tsp. instead of 1/4 cup. Ok, so that does sound like a lot of changes. But it turned out so good - with these changes it would definitely get 5 stars. It was a little blander as written. I will never buy jarred sauce again. The meatballs were perfect as written.

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julshep

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2013

Best authentic meatballs I have ever made!

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rachelg

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2013

My family and I love this recipe. I make it all of the time. I increase the water to 1 cup and reduce the sugar to a 1/4 a cup and its perfect. I will never buy canned spaghetti sauce again.

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kjwhee29

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Layton, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2013

Go lite on the sugar and it has a lot of potential.

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nrusz

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2013

This rating is for the sauce only..I used my own recipe for the meatballs. I followed this recipe exactly. The only change I made was that I did half a recipe. I thought the sweetness and amount of tomato paste was fine, but could see how it may not be right for some people. It reminded me of a sauce that a friend used to make back in Chicago and I would make this again.

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ErikaEats

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2012

Delicious! I make my own sauce so all I did was follow the recipe for the meatballs and added them to my sauce. The meatballs had such great flavor! I will definitely be adding this to my recipe repertoire! :)

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