Do you like spaghetti and meatballs? It's an American dish that has spaghetti, tomato sauce, and meatballs
I do! Although, I admit, I mostly just like the meatballs.
Sometimes it is mocked as non-Italian because traditionally, meatballs are only served with egg-based baked pasta
Oh really? I did not know that. I wonder if it's mocked similarly to how Mexican in America isn't really traditional mexican food
Yes, like many American foods, it was created by 20th century Italian immigrants in New York City
Neat! Is there anything else interesting you can tell me?
Some baked pasta dishes from Apulia combine pasta and meat where meatballs, mortadella, or salami are baked with rigatoni, tomato sauce, and mozzarella, then covered with a pastry top.
Other pasta recipes include slices of meat rolled up with cheese, cured meats and herbs ("involtini" in Italian) and braciole ("bra'zhul" in Italian-American and Italian-Australian slang) that are cooked within sauce but pulled out to be served as a second course.
See also.
- Bolognese sauce
Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non-