How to Prepare Yummy Italian meatballs

Italian meatballs. Read Customer Reviews & Find Best Sellers. Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, Italian herb seasoning, and Parmesan cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with all beef. But this trio of meats has a much more. This is a sweet Italian sausage meatball tucked inside of a beef meatball. You can cook Italian meatballs using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian meatballs

1. It's 2 lb of 80/20 Ground Beef.
2. It's 1 lb of Ground Italian Sausage.
3. It's 1 bunch of Fresh Italian Parsley.
4. Prepare 1 cup of Parmesan cheese shredded.
5. It's 2 cup of Bread crumbs.
6. You need 4 of Eggs.
7. You need 5 clove of Garlic (large cloves) about 1/2 bulb peeled.
8. Prepare 2 pinch of Red pepper flakes.
9. It's 2 pinch of Salt.
10. It's 2 pinch of Black pepper.

Very yummy and a great conversation starter. This is a labor intensive effort, but it is one of the most flavorful and moist meatballs I've ever eaten. It is also a very fun way to serve a very standard but beloved dish. Italian Meatballs Grandma "Sini" would make these meatballs for our traditional spaghetti dinner every Sunday.

Italian meatballs instructions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Put peeled garlic, parsley, eggs into food processor and blend until parsley and garlic are finely chopped.
3. Put meat into large bowl or mixer.
4. Add bread crumbs, blended eggs, parsley, garlic..
5. Add cheese.
6. Add red pepper, salt, black pepper..
7. Mix all ingredients until a meatloaf texture forms. Add more breadcrumb if needed for binding..
8. Take meat mixture and roll in hands until a compact ball is formed about size of a golfball or slightly larger.
9. Place aluminum foil on baking sheet, spray with non stick pam.
10. Place meatballs on sheet about an inch apart.
11. Cook meatballs about 12 min on bottom rack, remove and flip to brown all sides, put back in oven 10 more min..
12. Optional - Drop into your homemade sauce on stove, cover with lid, and set to low for 3 to 4 hours stirring every 20 min..
13. Serve!.

They freeze well, so bake an extra batch when time allows. Then combine with your favorite homemade or purchased sauce and serve over pasta. Old School Italian Meatballs are the whole comfort food package. They're juicy, tender, and filled with a blend of Italian spices. Serve them over your favorite pasta, in a marinara sauce, or eat them right out of the pan!