Italian meatballs. From Vibrant Produce & Animal Welfare Certified Meat to Everyday Favorites and Essentials. 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!
I use small snack-size bags, place three in each bag, and freeze. The secret to these homemade beef meatballs is a trifecta of ground beef, ground pork, and Italian sausage. They're extremely easy to make and can be made ahead of time for an easy weeknight dinner. You can cook Italian meatballs using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Italian meatballs
- You need 2.5 lbs of organic ground beef.
- It’s 1 cup of breadcrumbs.
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
- Prepare 2 of diced onions.
- It’s 4 of garlic cloves.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato paste (can substitute with tomato sauce).
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
- Prepare of Pepper… Eyeball it.
- Prepare of Note:. Seasoning and sauce eyeball… May need more.
In a blender in food processor, combine the bread, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, oil, salt, pepper and allspice; cover and process until smooth. This classic baked meatballs recipe is full of authentic Italian flavors like garlic, herbs, and onion. Ground beef meatballs are quick and easy to make and can be used in versatile ways. You can eat them straight out of the oven or smother them in marinara sauce and serve them over pasta.
Italian meatballs step by step
- Ingredients… Last pick other possible replacement options.
- Dice onion… Can also put in food processor. Also add 1 pealed carrot.
- Before and after… Use pulse. Finished example on the right..
- Add in bowl. If garlic real, crush1st. Add turkey, onion, everything but eggs. Mix up good..
- Beat eggs then add, mix but don't compact..
- Make balls. Start heating pan med..
- Dump 2 large marinara sauce bottles in large pot. Heat low. Cover..
- Smaller pot get very hot, add bottom good layer of avocado oil, then balls. Brownnthem. So start turning. Get nice crust. Not so brown….
- When fully brown, put in large pot..
- Bonus step: add wine, mix in with what left, with all good stuff.
- Mix all in, gentle. Shake. Taste… Maybe more seasoning or salt..
- Squeeze of honey. Move slowly. Leave on low to simmer, 20 to 30 min. Uncovered..
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. It's amazing that she gave up her recipe to him, but I sure am glad she did! The meatballs can also be frozen uncooked or cooked.