Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, italian meatballs. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Italian Meatballs is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Italian Meatballs is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Prepare 1 lb Ground beef
- Take 1 lb Ground pork
- Make ready 2 cup Sliced or torn bread
- Take 1 1/2 cup Milk
- Take 1 Chicken egg
- Take 1 cup Freshly grated parmesan cheese (medium grate) (plus more for service presentation)
- Prepare 1 medium White onion, finely diced
- Get 2 clove Garlic, minced
- Get 1 1/2 tbsp Fennel seed
- Get 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
- Make ready 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1 pinch Red pepper flake
- Get 1 Your favorite marinara sauce
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp Kosher salt
- Get 1 1/2 tbsp Freshly-ground black pepper
- Make ready 2 pinch Kosher salt
- Make ready "Meatball" Subs
- Take 12 provolone or mozzarella (or both) slices
- Take 6 Hoagie buns
- Prepare Meatballs for Pasta
- Get 6 Servings cooked pasta
Instructions to make Italian Meatballs:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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