# White Spaghetti Meatballs

A special invention of Nona's white creamy meatballs and guitar spaghetti.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- diced onions
- ground beef
- caramelized onion
- non secret breadcrumb from steel bread soaked in milk
- eggs
- salt
- pepper
- drizzle extra virgin oil
- heavy cream
- Fontina cheese
- flour

## Instructions

1. Dice onions small and caramelize them.
2. Set caramelized onions aside to cool.
3. Prepare ingredients for meatballs, starting with ground beef.
4. Add cooled caramelized onion to the ground beef and toss.
5. Add breadcrumbs made from steel bread soaked in milk.
6. Add eggs.
7. Season with salt and a 'scrunch' of pepper.
8. Form meatballs into medium to small sizes.
9. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil in a pan.
10. Cook meatballs on low heat, being gentle when turning them to prevent breaking.
11. Make thick pasta sheets for guitar spaghetti.
12. Stretch the pasta starting from the bottom, moving forward gently.
13. Sprinkle flour on the pasta as it sits to prevent sticking.
14. Check on meatballs; once lightly browned and seared, add heavy cream.
15. Add grated Fontina cheese on top.
16. Taste the sauce for salt and adjust if needed.
17. Cook the pasta (tarell) in the sauce for two to three minutes.
18. Do not touch the pasta for the first minute of cooking in the sauce.

## Equipment

- slotted spoon
- pan

## Tips

- Dice onions small so you don't crunch on big pieces inside the meatball.
- The stickier the meatballs, the softer they will be.
- Be very gentle when turning meatballs to prevent them from breaking.
- Sprinkle flour on pasta to absorb moisture and prevent sticking.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43z5_-prOy4
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5dae77f4-2304-43cf-abfe-c08482f0a055
- Extracted: 2026-04-03

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