With all the snacks and treats we have shared over the last couple of weeks, we didn’t want to forget the most important meal of the day, dinner. For this meal of the Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Valentine’s Day recipe parade, I am sharing Disney’s Spaghetti with Hearts. This entrée works for both a family get together or a cute romantic dinner for two. With the cheese-y little heart-shaped meatballs, this delicious spaghetti meal goes from drab to whimsical.
To make this Spaghetti with Hearts, the chef will need to mix turkey, egg, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and onion until well combined. This should make a slightly goey meat mixture that we can mold into whatever we want, in this case we will turn this mixture into meatball hearts.
To make a meatball heart, take a tablespoon of the meat mixture and roll it into a ball. place the ball on some wax paper and slightly smash down to form a disc. Using a knife cut a V-shape from the top center of the disc and cut the bottom of the disc into a V-shape. This will form the heart Repeat this step until all of the meat mixture is shaped like hearts Bake them in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes.
While the heart meatballs bake, we will make the spaghetti sauce by placing crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken stock in a medium saucepan. Bring the spaghetti sauce to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer. At the same time, get a pot of water over high heat with one tablespoon of butter inside. Bring the water to a boil.
Once the heart meatballs are done in the oven, place them into the simmering sauce and add the basil. Once the basil has been added to the sauce, add the spaghetti noodles to the boiling water. Let the sauce simmer for another 15 minutes and let the noodles boil for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes has passed, drain the noodles and mix them with the meatball sauce. The Spaghetti and Hearts are ready to eat. Top with some Parmesan Cheese and make it even more tasty.
This recipe makes about 6 servings. To save the recipe, click here to download the official Disney Recipe or click print on the recipe below.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Spaghetti With Hearts
The perfect entrée for the season of love.
Credit: Playhouse Disney
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp freeze-dried or dehydrated onion
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (14-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1 pound spaghetti
- Grated Parmesan cheese for garnish (optional)
Directions
- preheat oven to 375
- Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray
- In a medium bowl, mix together turkey, egg, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and onion until well combined.
- Shape turkey mixture into small heart shapes and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 min
- Meanwhile, place crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken stock in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer.
- When meatballs have baked for 10 minutes, remove from oven and place into the saucepan.
- Add basil to the sauce and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
- Cook spaghetti in a large pot according to package directions.
- Drain water from spaghetti.
- Toss spaghetti with sauce and meatballs
- Serve with grated cheese
Makes six servings
