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If making the sauce, start this first, it takes a while
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Fry off the onion & garlic in the oil gently until the onion is translucent
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Add the tomatoes, salt, sugar & bay then cover and simmer for 1 & a half hours
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Add the tomato puree, basil and pepper then simmer a further 30 minutes until done
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For the meatballs, preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350F and line a baking tray with foil
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Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
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Add more breadcrumbs if too wet or a splash of dairy-free milk if too dry but don't overmix or they'll be dense
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Rub a little oil on your hands then start forming balls with the mixture and place on the baking tray
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You should get 24 balls.
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Bake for 30 minutes.
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If you make larger or smaller sized balls you'll need to adjust the cooking time
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Put your pan of spaghetti on to cook to time with the meatballs coming out of the oven - if you're serving with spaghetti....
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To turn the meatballs into eyeballs either cut a piece of meatball out and stick a half olive in the hole.
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Add some mustard for a creepy pupil.....
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...or use slices of olive and stick on with mustard...
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Spoon the sauce over the spaghetti/sub roll and place some eyeballs on top
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The sub looks really cool when you put the top back on!
