Goodfellas spaghetti and meatballs from Cook with Me: More Than 150 Recipes for the Home Cook (page 139) by Alex Guarnaschelli

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  • sarah_gsvptu on June 03, 2026

    It was great. I diced the onions instead of slicing but would slice them next time. Great flavors.

  • averythingcooks on June 19, 2021

    Having read through both the Goodfellas & Godfather recipes, I also mostly stuck with Goodfellas, with some borrowing of tomato paste (approx 1/2 the amt given)) and the red wine. Two keys re: Goodfellas are that I prefer my meatballs oven roasted (but underdone) before going in the sauce & I can't see making the sauce without onions. The result was a really delicious pasta dinner. The addition of sausage (Godfather) next time would likely result in the perfect meld (for us anyways) of these 2 recipes.

  • dgiles on March 28, 2021

    This is now my go-to tomato sauce. I borrowed two things from the Godfather recipe: a couple TBLS of tomato paste and a splash of red wine. Perfect.

  • Rachaelsb on March 15, 2021

    This was surprisingly delicious! I have prided myself for years on my tomato sauce and meatball recipe so to venture out and try something different...not something I would do. Loved this recipe! Meatballs are moist and yummy and sauce is rich, tomatoey and the onions add a great new dimension. Not sure this replaces my tried and true, but this was really good!!!!!

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