Pressure Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs

Ingredients

• Spaghetti

  Dry pasta, enriched

  12 oz or 340g

• Garlic

  Raw

  6 clove or 18g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 small or 70g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, seasoned

  ¼ cup or 30g

• Parmesan cheese

  Shredded

  ¼ cup or 20g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, ground or 0.5g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Reduced fat milk

  Fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  ¼ cup or 61g

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  8 oz or 227g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 medium or 44g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ½ tbsp or 7g

• Carrots

  Raw

  ¼ cup grated or 28g

• Celery

  Raw

  1 stalks, large (11 inches long) or 64g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  2 cup or 480g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  ¾ cup or 178g

Directions

1. Mince the garlic and chop the onion.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine half of the chopped onion and half of the garlic. Add the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, oregano, pepper, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix with a fork until well combined.
3. Stir in the milk, then add the ground beef and mix well. Finally, add the egg and knead the mixture until evenly distributed. Set aside.
4. Heat the pressure cooker and add olive oil, the remaining onion, and garlic. Sauté while chopping the carrot and celery.
5. Add the chopped carrot, celery, crushed tomatoes, remaining salt, and water to the pressure cooker. Mix well and keep sauté mode on.
6. Form meatballs using a tablespoon for even sizing and drop them into the sauce in layers.
7. Close and lock the lid of the pressure cooker.
8. For electric pressure cookers, cook for 5 minutes at high pressure. For stove top pressure cookers, bring to high pressure, then reduce heat to maintain it and cook for 5 minutes.
9. For stove top pressure cookers, use the 10-minute natural release method. For electric pressure cookers, allow 10 minutes of natural release, then slowly release remaining pressure using the valve.