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Easy Pesto Turkey Meatballs with Marinara

Here's how you make Easy Pesto Turkey Meatballs with Marinara
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 45m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • - Vegetable oil spray
  • - 1 lb 93% lean ground turkey
  • - 3/4cup pesto
  • - 1/2 cup Pablo bread crumbs
  • - 1/4 tsp salt
  • - 1/4 tsp pepper
  • - 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • - 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • - 1 (28oz) can of crushed tomatoes or jar of preferred marinara sauce
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: - Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 450dg. Line rimmed baking sheets with foil and spray with vegetable oil spray (or use parchment paper)

  • Step 2: - On a large bowl, combine turkey, pesto, Pablo, salt and pepper. Use your hands to gently mix until well combined.

  • Step 3: - Lightly wet your hands. Use your wet hands to roll turkey mixture into 16 meatballs. Arrange meatballs evenly on baking sheet.

  • Step 4: - place baking sheet in oven and bake until meatballs are just beginning to brown, about 15minutes.

  • Step 5: - While meatballs bake, add oil to Dutch oven. Heat over medium heat for 1 minute. Stir in garlic and cook for 30seconds. Stir in Tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.

  • Step 6: - Remove baking sheet with meatballs from oven. Place baking sheet on a cooling rack.

  • Step 7: - Transfer meatballs with tongs to sauce in the Dutch oven. Cool until meatballs are cooked through, stirring occasionally, about 5minutes.

  • Step 8: - Turn off heat and serve over your favorite pasta.

  • Step 9: - Add grated Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley if you like


We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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