Cheesy Meatball Recipe
Recipe: #31037
December 08, 2018
Categories: Ground Beef, Pork Sausage, Italian Birthday, Sunday Dinner, Beef Dinner, Italian Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"Tender, juicy meatballs simmered in a homemade sauce and topped with mozzarella. Serve over pasta. Adapted from Cafe Delites. The recipe calls for a 14" covered, oven proof skillet. Since I don't have one that big, I cook the meatballs in batches and simmer in the oven rather on the stovetop. But I've included the instructions from the original recipe."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (309.6 g)
- Calories 552.9
- Total Fat - 39.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.4 g
- Cholesterol - 167.2 mg
- Sodium - 739.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 5.3 g
- Protein - 34.9 g
- Calcium - 358.4 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 ° F. Soak bread in milk.
Step 2
Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add soaked bread and gently mix.
Step 3
Heat a large, oven-proof skillet on medium. Fry a little patty to make sure seasonings are sufficient.
Step 4
Turn skillet down to low and make meatballs by rolling about 3 tablespoons of meat mixture and placing on a plate until they are all made.
Step 5
Turn skillet back up to medium and brown meatballs in batches until golden brown on all sides, placing on a warm plate once done.
Step 6
Heat half the olive oil in the skillet and saute onion until translucent, then add garlic and saute one more minute.
Step 7
Add remaining sauce ingredients, stir well, then add meatballs back into pan, cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until done.
Step 8
Top with mozzarella and place, uncovered, into oven until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Step 9
Garnish with fresh parsley and serve over pasta.
Tips
- 14" oven-proof skillet with lid