Add this to our master pasta list: spaghetti and meatballs. This specific photograph was taken during my eldest brother’s birthday last May, when my mom had cooked this for us. The recipe was taken off an old book, but she had her personal touches to it as well. Though it had taken a couple of times to tries to perfect, this time was, hands down, definitely superb.
For photographic purposes, the plate held a massive serving, but just one meatball was enough for a starving me.
Our family consists of seven pasta monsters. Don’t ask us how we became that way, I think it was just wired into our system. Maybe it was my parents’ love for it and it was somehow passed on to us. I don’t really know. But this, I might say, is one of the best pasta dishes I have tasted so far. I guess it’s probably because my mom knows just how we like it.
Tuna and capers. There’s not much to say. It’s a tomato-based pasta dish with tuna, capers and fresh herbs. The resulting dish is slightly sour due to the tomatoes and the capers, but of course these are countered by seasoning. Canned tuna will do just fine, and can vary from pieces in brine to spicy chunks.
It is a recipe my mother stumbled upon during one of her experiments and has been a family favorite ever since.
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