Italian Meatballs
Italian Meatballs

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, italian meatballs. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Italian Meatballs is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Italian Meatballs is something which I have loved my whole life.

These Italian meatballs use a standard mix of ground beef and ground pork, with added flavor from parsley, garlic, and dried herbs. Bake up a batch, mix them with your favorite spaghetti dish, and dinner is served! In a blender in food processor, combine the bread, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, oil, salt, pepper and allspice; cover and process until smooth.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook italian meatballs using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Meatballs:
  1. Take 1 lb Ground beef
  2. Prepare 1 lb Ground pork
  3. Prepare 2 cup Sliced or torn bread
  4. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Milk
  5. Make ready 1 Chicken egg
  6. Take 1 cup Freshly grated parmesan cheese (medium grate) (plus more for service presentation)
  7. Get 1 medium White onion, finely diced
  8. Take 2 clove Garlic, minced
  9. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp Fennel seed
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  12. Get 1 pinch Red pepper flake
  13. Prepare 1 Your favorite marinara sauce
  14. Take 1 1/2 tbsp Kosher salt
  15. Get 1 1/2 tbsp Freshly-ground black pepper
  16. Prepare 2 pinch Kosher salt
  17. Make ready "Meatball" Subs
  18. Prepare 12 provolone or mozzarella (or both) slices
  19. Prepare 6 Hoagie buns
  20. Take Meatballs for Pasta
  21. Take 6 Servings cooked pasta

Make them baseball-sized for a dinner entree, or roll them smaller for an appetizer. The meatballs can also be frozen uncooked or cooked. Arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet and freeze until solid. I don't want to blow my own horn, but I'm determined to do everything I can to make you want to try these meatballs and if that means a mini brag sheet, then so be it.

Instructions to make Italian Meatballs:
  1. Heat a large saute pan on low to medium-low heat. Toast the fennel seeds and red pepper flake in the pan for one to two minutes, taking care to not burn the spices. Add the olive oil and raise heat on the pan to medium.
  2. Add the diced onion to the sauté pan and one pinch of Kosher salt. Sweat onions for 5-6 minutes and add minced garlic. Sweat for another 5-6 minutes. Stir in Italian seasoning, sweat another minute or two and remove from heat and allow to cool to around room temp.
  3. Soak the bread pieces in the milk. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper. After the bread pieces have soaked up as much milk as possible, drain the excess and mash the bread with a fork so there are no large or medium sized chunks. Stir the bread and grated parmesan to combine in the large mixing bowl with the beaten egg mixture.
  4. Add cooled onion mixture to bread mixture and stir to combine. Add ground pork and ground beef to the mixture along with the 1/2 TBSP of Kosher salt and 1/2 TBSP of freshly-ground black pepper. It's easiest (for me, anyway) to mix this with your hands. Don't worry about over-mixing. Make sure the entire mixture is as homogeneous as possible.
  5. For Meatballs and pasta: Turn on your oven's broiler and put a rack about 3/4 of the way to the top. Form the meat mixture into 3-4 ounce balls (you'll have about 12-15 meatballs) and place them in a 9x13 roasting pan. Place them under the broiler for about 20 minutes or until the internal temperature is 165°F. The inside of the meatball will remain juicy, tender and flavorful. Serve with pasta and marinara and garnish with parmesan cheese.
  6. For "Meatball" Sandwiches: Form the meat mixture into patties. Fry in a pan on the stove top. Melt cheese over the patties. Toast a split hoagie roll. Assemble sandwich with a few tsps of marinara.

So here we go: "Your meatball recipe is the same as my Italian Nonna! Love the idea of soaking the bread in onion juice rather than milk…. Meatball recipes are often challenged by chefs who claim, Mine are the best! Even though my meatballs ARE the best, I will make no such claim. This meatball recipe was given to me by my father who got it from a little old lady from Italy that he knew.

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