How to Prepare Perfect Italian Meat Balls

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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!

Italian Meat Balls 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

  1. You need 2 lbs of lean ground meat.
  2. You need 3 slices of bread.
  3. You need 1 cup of milk.
  4. Prepare 1 of egg.
  5. It's 3/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
  6. You need 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning.
  7. It's 1 tablespoon of ground garlic.
  8. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
  9. 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

  1. Place bread in large mixing bowl. Add milk and egg on top. Mix thoroughly with hands..
  2. Add ground beef and all other spices to the bowl. Mix all well..
  3. Form 1 inch balls by hand and place in muffin tins or other baking sheet..
  4. Place in preheated 400 degree oven. Bake 30 minutes until brown..
  5. 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.