Recipe: Yummy Nana's Italian Meatballs

Nana's Italian Meatballs. Great recipe for Nana's Italian Meatballs. These are the meatballs that my mom used to make as we were growing up. She mainly used the bread as filler, to help feed six hungry kids and a husband.

This is our family recipe for Spaghetti and Meatballs given to me by my Mother-in-law, who makes the best red sauce I've ever tasted, and I have been making it myself for over thirty years. The trick to this recipe, as in most Italian cooking is to use the best ingredients you can find. This authentic Italian family recipe is from Feste! You can cook Nana's Italian Meatballs using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Nana's Italian Meatballs

1. You need 1 pound of Ground Meat.
2. You need 1 slice of bread.
3. Prepare of Enough milk to soak the bread.
4. It's 1 of large egg.
5. You need 1/3 cup of Romano Cheese.
6. It's 1-2 tsp of ground black pepper.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of dried parsley.
8. You need 2 tsp of dried oregano.
9. You need 1 tsp of dried basil.
10. You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.

The key to Nonna s succulent meatballs is to mix in the soaked and squeezed pieces of day-old Italian. Delicious traditional Italian Meatballs perfect for any occasion. Antibiotic Free Heritage Pork and ABF Beef. Stir in remaining ingredients (except oil) and mix well.

Nana's Italian Meatballs step by step

1. In a dish, submerge a slice of bread in milk.
2. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees.
3. Grease 9x13 baking dish with olive oil.
4. In a medium sized bowl, mix together the meat, bread, egg, Romano cheese, ground pepper, dried parsley, dried oregano, dried basil, and garlic powder. Be sure not to overwork the meat..
5. Form the meat mixture into golf sized balls, then place onto the baking dish. Space the meatballs about an inch apart. The mixture should make about 12 meatballs..
6. Place the meatballs into the preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes, then flip them over. After that, bake for another 10-15 minutes until somewhat crispy on the outside..
7. Serve with pasta or on Italian bread with tomato sauce. Maybe Cheese?.
8. Enjoy!.

Mix all ingredients for meatballs and shape into balls. Now this is an old recipe, but I have seen it in the sopranos cookbook and this is a bit different. 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 can substitute beef with pork, chicken, or turkey for the meatballs if you like.