Spaghetti and meatballs is listed as originating in which country?

Spaghetti and meatballs is listed as originating in the United States.

The modern dish is an Italian-American creation associated especially with immigrant communities in New York City. Italian immigrants brought southern Italian food traditions to the United States, where greater access to meat and other ingredients helped transform modest regional recipes into a more substantial meal of spaghetti, tomato sauce, and large meatballs.

That history explains a common mix-up: spaghetti and meatballs draws inspiration from Italy, but the familiar combination is not generally considered a traditional Italian dish. In Italy, meatballs are often smaller and may be served separately or in other preparations, while the large meatballs over spaghetti became strongly identified with Italian-American cooking.

Early American references appeared by the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A pasta-and-meatballs recipe was published in New York in 1888, and a recipe titled “Beef Balls with Spaghetti” appeared in 1909. By the 1920s, the dish was being promoted nationally and later became a staple of restaurants, canned foods, and home cooking.