Meatball Recipe
Meatballs for supper — Italian Meatballs, Crockpot Swedish Meatballs, Slow Cooker Mississippi Meatballs, meatball hoagies — for busy weeknights and potlucks.
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I’m so happy to share our family’s recipe for Italian meatballs with all of you!
Ashley PanIngredients
- 1 lbs Ground beef
- .5 lbs Ground veal
- .5 lbs Ground pork
- 1/2 cup Bread crumbs
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 bulb Garlic - minced
- 1 Yellow onion - small dice
- 1 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 1 Tbsp Garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp Onion powder
- 2 Tbsp Parsley - chopped
- 1 Tbsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Pepper
- 2 Tbsp Basil leaves - chopped
- 2 oz Parmesan cheese
- 2 oz Pecorino Romano cheese
Instructions
- 1In a large bowl mix together all of the ingredients in the order listed above
- 2Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out equal portions of the mixture, roll into balls, place on a parchment lined baking sheet
- 3Fry in oil for 15 minutes OR bake in a 400 F oven for 25 minutes
- 4Serve as meatball sandwiches with tomato sauce/gravy and cheese OR put meatballs in spaghetti. Enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →Meatballs Make A Weeknight Easy
A pan of meatballs stretches further than almost anything else. They go over noodles, on a roll, or straight out of the slow cooker with toothpicks, and nobody complains about leftovers.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when the day got away from them, when company is coming Saturday, or when there's a bag of frozen meatballs in the freezer and thirty minutes to work with.
Every recipe here is a real supper or a real party tray: Italian Meatballs made with beef, veal, and pork, Crockpot Swedish Meatballs, Slow Cooker Mississippi Meatballs, Marry Me Meatballs, Bourbon Meatballs with ketchup and brown sugar, meatball hoagies, and Slow Cooker Italian Meatball Gnocchi with Spinach and Parmesan.
Quick Tips
- 1
Mix the meat gently
Stir ground beef, pork, and veal with your hands just until combined, about 30 seconds. Overworking it makes the meatballs tough and dense.
- 2
Brown before the slow cooker
Sear meatballs 2 to 3 minutes per side in a hot skillet before they go in with the gravy or soup. It keeps them from falling apart over 4 hours on low.
- 3
Scoop them the same size
Use a cookie scoop for even 1 1/2-inch meatballs so they all finish cooking at the same time.
- 4
Thin the sauce if needed
Cream of mushroom or chicken soup thickens as it sits, so stir in 1/4 cup of broth at the end until it coats a spoon.
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