Recipe of Favorite Italian Meatballs

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, italian meatballs. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Italian Meatballs is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Italian Meatballs is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

These classic Italian-American style meatballs are huge and pillowy soft! They're mixed with ground beef and pork, loaded with herbs and cheese, and served with a traditional tomato sauce. 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.

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

The ingredients needed to make Italian Meatballs:

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

Just arrange any you want to freeze in a single. A big batch to feed a crowd or freeze for later. They're the most tender, delicious meatballs ever! Italian meatballs are an excellent comfort food.

Steps 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.

They're the most tender, delicious meatballs ever! Italian meatballs are an excellent comfort food. Discover our most popular variations of this classic appetizer, snack, and sandwich from the familiar to the fabulous. These are the BEST Italian Meatballs! My Italian grandmother's recipe, the word perfect doesn't even begin to cover it.

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