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! You won't find Spaghetti and Meatballs in Italy … Yes, really!
So Spaghetti and Meatballs is not authentic Italian. The secret to these homemade beef meatballs is a trifecta of ground beef, ground pork, and Italian sausage. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and parsley. You can have Italian Meat Balls using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Italian Meat Balls
- You need 2 lbs of lean ground meat.
- You need 3 slices of bread.
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 of egg.
- It's 3/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
- You need 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning.
- It's 1 tablespoon of ground garlic.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
- It's 1 tsp of Black pepper.
Stir to coat with the oil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Step-by-step for meatballs and for tomato sauce. Yes, maybe you have to be ready to lose at your very first attempt. But I just said: "Maybe". ;-) You may be a better cook than I am, and get your best Italian meatballs right away, and win, win, win.
Italian Meat Balls instructions
- 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!!.
Enjoy them with pasta or on a sandwich. In a blender in food processor, combine the bread, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, oil, salt, pepper and allspice; cover and process until smooth. If desired, serve with pasta and pasta sauce. Serve Homemade Italian Meatballs for an easy dinner and leftovers on a bun for lunch. Authentic Italian meatballs make a great freezer meal and the meatball recipe is perfect paired with our easy homemade spaghetti sauce.