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Today’s sandwich of “our history” requires a bit of work but man is it ever worth it. As you might guess from the name Nonna Anna’s Leftover Meatball Sandwich, we’re gonna have to make meatballs and sauce. And yeah, come cheese is gonna be involved. Oh this is gonna be good. Oh and you might notice that I screwed one thing up. I should’ve stored the meatballs in the sauce overnight. Oh well, still super tasty.
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42 Comments
You interrupted yourself to take another bite of the sandwich. I'm going to have to try this now.
You can finish the meatballs in the sauce for more flavor.
Any time Barry breaths in says nothing and backs up that's when you know its good
Another one for the "literally cannot be bad" files.
We all knew it was gonna be amazing. You could've psyched us out and feigned disgust. 😆
2 bites and a dunk…..🔟!!
Meatball sandwiches are one of my favorites. This recipe is amazing.
you'd have 3 more kids had you reacted to mrs. barry with as much passion as you did to this sandwich.
Okay, I guess my question would be; Just how many bloody meatballs is Nonna Anna making that they are getting leftovers?
Love meatball sandwiches so much. Right up there with day later meat loaf and day after Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches.
I never squeeze the milk out, I just put it all in. Wonder how different it actually makes it ornot. Certainly a little moremoisture and fat, and sweetness from the lactose and whey, but I'm genuinely curious to do a sideby side. 🎉. P.S. Many, ifnotmost, ofyourvideos make me hungry, but a Grandma's meatball sandwich!?!?!? C'Mon!? 🎉
I know you’re following a recipe, but white sugar way better than baking soda.
Lovely beef brain in that bowl!
My Doctor, Dr Vinnie Boombotz used to always tell me about his nona's delicious meatball sandwiches
The first 10 of the year! As soon as you took that bite I thought "this could be a 10".
What's a leftover meatball???
I've been on Earth for 53 years and my RI Italian American Mom has made her meatballs with just ground beef since I've been alive. I promise it works.
I'm pretty sure her sister and their Mom (my Nana) did too.
love this guy
My wife is Italian so as soon as I saw the word "Nonna" I knew this would be at least a 9
Growing up in an Italian family, can confirm we did this on the regular. The one thing we did differently was to add mayo to the bread before the meatballs. Otherwise, it was the next day's meal 100%
👍👍👍
I want that sandwich on my mouth
Look, I have zero cooking ability. Is there a recipe with amounts and stuff for this amazing looking sandwich? Thanks!!
Never even occurred to me to add a lil vino to my red sauce, absolutely doing that tn
I can taste it from here. 😍
All I know is I'm not going to argue with Nonna Anna about her recipe. Always respect your elders.
Tonight: Meatballs and wheat stretched into long, thin, boiled strips!
Tomorrow: Meatballs and wheat formed into toasted rectangles!
I was giving this a 10 from the thumbnail alone
see you on the best of 2026
Thought this was going to be a spaghetti sandwich variation, was surprised at the result!
That looks great 👍🏽👍🏽
Something's different! Did we get a camera upgrade? 🙂
@01:44 is peak.
Woo baby 🙌
Before you even bit it I said out loud "there is no way that sandwich sucks".. I did not expect a 10 though! Way to go Nonna Anna!
You brought in "the gravy" for dipping. Awesome.
Because of course his name is Vinny…
You know it's a banger when Barry gets blown away.
I was really eager to try this out as a pasta dish, but i couldn't find a recipe so i kind of distilled it from this video. For those who want to make it as well, this is how i made it:
Tomato sauce with meatballs a la Nonna Anna
Ingredients for 4 people
• 50g tomato paste
• 800gr (two cans) of crushed tomatoes
• 250ml red wine
• 2 hot cherry peppers or red jalapeño
• 500g ground beef (~20% fat)
• 2-3 slices of stale bread
• 100ml milk
• 1 egg
• 40g parmesan cheese
• 100gr of pasta of choice per person
• Bunch of parsley
• Bunch of basil
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 1tsp baking soda
Instructions
1. In a bowl, soak the stale bread in the milk.
2. Mince 4 cloves of garlic and the peppers. Sauté them with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil together with the tomato paste.
3. Add crushed tomatoes together with the basil, red wine and a pinch of baking soda.
4. Optionally add some oregano or other Italian dried herbs, salt and pepper to taste and cook the sauce for 20-30 minutes.
5. Now make the meatballs. In a bowl combine the ground meat with the egg, chopped up parsley, parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.
6. Squeeze out the excess milk from the bread and it to the meatball mixture.
7. Make 15-20 meatballs from the mixture.
8. Cook the pasta in boiling water with copious amounts of salt.
9. Fry the meatballs in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. When they are cooked well add them to the tomato sauce to simmer.
10. Drain the pasta and serve with the tomato/meatball sauce.
how was a meatball sandwich ever going to score poorly?
Now THIS is a sandwich I can get behind! Then bite!!!
I made this. It was great.
Pan fried meatballs are definitely the way to go