Italian Meat Balls. 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! The secret to these homemade beef meatballs is a trifecta of ground beef, ground pork, and Italian sausage.
In Italy, meatballs are called Polpette. Though the ingredients are typically the same as what I am using (except for my grated onion technique) along with a similar tomato sauce, they are larger (about the size of golf balls) and they are served with bread rather than pasta. So Spaghetti and Meatballs is not authentic Italian. You can have Italian Meat Balls using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Italian Meat Balls
- Prepare 2 lbs of lean ground meat.
- It's 3 slices of bread.
- Prepare 1 cup of milk.
- It's 1 of egg.
- It's 3/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
- You need 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning.
- You need 1 tablespoon of ground garlic.
- It's 1 tsp of Salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Black pepper.
Add the onions, carrots, celery, and parsley. Stir to coat with the oil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. If desired, serve with pasta and pasta sauce. Serve Homemade Italian Meatballs for an easy dinner and leftovers on a bun for lunch.
Italian Meat Balls step by step
- Place bread in large mixing bowl. Add milk and egg on top. Mix thoroughly with hands..
- Add ground beef and all other spices to the bowl. Mix all well..
- Form 1 inch balls by hand and place in muffin tins or other baking sheet..
- Place in preheated 400 degree oven. Bake 30 minutes until brown..
- Take out of oven and serve with your favorite marinara or sauce. Enjoy!!.
Authentic Italian meatballs make a great freezer meal and the meatball recipe is perfect paired with our easy homemade spaghetti sauce. Every now and then we make pasta with sausage or a creamy pasta sauce. We even love meatless pasta recipes. But every so often we just have to take it. Enjoy them with pasta or on a sandwich.
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