Baked Stuffed Tufoli

• 1 1/2 pounds beef chuck ground
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 1/2 cup onions chopped
• 1/4 cup parsley leaves minced
• 1/4 cup parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated grated
• 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 x olive oil
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup onions chopped
• 1/4 cup green bell peppers
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 6 ounces mushrooms broiled
• 24 ounces tomato paste
• 1 can italian plum (roma) tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 pound tufoli (large tube macaroni)
• 1 1/2 packages spinach chopped, frozen
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
• 1 each eggs

1. Mix all ingredients for meat balls together thoroughly, except the last, olive oil.
2. Form into medium sized balls: brown in oil.
3. Set aside and cook in tomato sauce later.
4. To make tomato sauce: Heat the oil: add onion, green pepper, garlic, mushrooms (drained and halved) and saute until golden.
5. Stir in tomato paste; cook for 4 minutes.
6. Press plum tomatoes through a strainer; add an equal amount of water.
7. Combine with tomato paste mixture.
8. Add sugar, salt and pepper.
9. Bring to a boil; add meatballs and cook over low heat 1 1/2 hours or until sauce thickens slightly.
10. Remove meatballs and put aside.
11. Cook tufoli in 6 quarts boiling, salted water for 12 to 15 minutes or until almost tender.
12. Mash meat balls in a bowl.
13. Add spinach, salt, 2 tablespoons cheese and the egg, mixing well.
14. Stuff this mixture into cooked tufoli.
15. Cover bottom of a large casserole dish with half of sauce and arrange alternate layers of stufted tufoli and sauce, sprinkling each layer with cheese; finish with sauce.
16. Cover dish and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes.
17. Serve with extra sauce and cheese.
18. Serves 6 very generously.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/baked-stuffed-tufoli-46898 (may not work)