HOMEMADE ITALIAN MEATBALLS
Italian meatballs (AKA the best Italian meatball recipe on the internet) is a crowd-pleasing childhood favorite of mine. They're simply made with ground beef, breadcrumbs, parmesan, and your favorite marinara!
Provided by Lee Funke
Categories Dinner
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
- Then, use a large wooden spoon or your hands to thoroughly mix, combining all ingredients. I recommend using your hands as it's faster and easier.
- Once combined, heat olive oil in a large skillet or cast iron over medium heat.
- Use a standard-size cookie scoop to scoop meat into your hands. Then, form into a ball and place on the skillet. Repeat until there is no meat left. You should get around 16 medium-size meatballs.
- Brown meatballs on all sides for around 8 minutes. Use a pair of tongs to flip each meatball, being careful not to burn the outsides.
- Once all sides are brown, pour in marinara sauce and red wine. Toss so that the meatballs are covered in sauce.
- Lower heat to low and cover. Let simmer for about 20 minutes, tossing every 5 minutes.
- While the meatballs are simmering, prepare your spaghetti of choice by following the directions on your package.
- Once your noodles are cooked, strain and serve with meatballs and sauce. Top with a generous amount of parmesan cheese and fresh ground pepper.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1/6, Calories 501 calories, Sugar 9, Fat 19, Fiber 5, Protein 29
MEATBALLS WITH MARINARA
Provided by Anne Burrell
Categories main-dish
Time 4h30m
Yield 18 to 20 meatballs
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- For the marinara sauce: Coat a large saucepot with olive oil and add the pancetta. Bring the pot to a medium-high heat and cook the pancetta for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the onions, season generously with salt and stir to coat with olive oil. Cook the onions for 6 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. The onions should become very soft and aromatic but have no color. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Pulse to combine the tomatoes in a food processor. Add the tomatoes to the pot and rinse out 1 of the empty tomato cans with water and add that water to the pot (about 2 to 3 cups). Season generously with salt and TASTE IT!!!! Tomatoes take a lot of salt. Season in baby steps and taste every step of the way. Cook the sauce for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally and tasting frequently.
- Use the sauce right away on pasta or for any other tomato sauce need. This sauce can also be cooled and stored in the refrigerator for a few days and freezes really well.
- For the meatballs: Coat a large saute pan with olive oil, add the onions and bring to a medium-high heat. Season the onions generously with salt and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes. The onions should be very soft and aromatic but have no color. Add the garlic and the crushed red pepper and saute for another 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl combine the meats, eggs, Parmigiano, parsley and breadcrumbs. It works well to squish the mixture with your hands. Add the onion mixture and season generously with salt and squish some more. Add 1/2 cup water and do 1 final really good squish. The mixture should be quite wet. Test the seasoning of the mix by making a mini hamburger size patty and cooking it. The mixture should taste really good! If it doesn't it is probably missing salt. Add more. Add more anyway.
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
- Shape the meat into desired size. Some people like 'em big and some people like 'em small. I prefer meatballs slightly larger than a golf ball. Place them on a cookie sheet and bake them for about 15 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked all the way through. If using right away, add them to your big pot of marinara sauce. If not using right away, they can be frozen for later use. Serve with pasta and sauce or just eat them straight out of the pot! Top with fresh ricotta cheese, garnish with chopped pickles and chives and serve with grilled garlic bread. YUM!
HOMEMADE MARINARA SAUCE
This quick and easy homemade marinara sauce is my kids' favorite. It works fantastic with spaghetti, and my kids love it in meatball subs, too. -Cara Bjornlie, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 30m
Yield 7 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 91 calories, Fat 2g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 489mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
MARINARA MEATBALLS RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: ground beef, ground beef, ground pork, ground pork, panko breadcrumbs, panko breadcrumbs, onion, onion, fresh parsley, fresh parsley, garlic, garlic, eggs, eggs, kosher salt, kosher salt, pepper, pepper, olive oil, onion, garlic, dried oregano, dried parsley, dried basil, red pepper flakes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, grated parmesan cheese
Provided by Matthew Johnson
Categories Appetizers
Yield 40 meatballs
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
- In a medium-size bowl mix together the beef, pork, bread crumbs, onion, parsley, garlic, eggs, salt, and pepper until just combined.
- Take a walnut size of the meat mixture and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining meat and transfer to an oiled rack on a sheet tray.
- Bake meatballs for 15 minutes, until golden brown. Set aside.
- Add a little oil to a pan on medium-high heat and cook the onions and garlic until they are deeply caramelized.
- Add in the oregano, parsley, basil, red pepper flakes, tomato paste, and tomato sauce.
- Stir the mixture and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the meatballs and coat them with the sauce.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, poke with toothpicks, and serve!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 170 calories, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 13 grams, Sugar 1 gram
MEATBALLS WITH MARINARA SAUCE
Pack on the flavor with just a few ingredients! These meatballs hit the spot. -Mary Poninski, Whittington, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 30m
Yield 20 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Prepare meatballs according to package directions. , Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine marinara and olives; heat through. Add meatballs and basil; heat through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 93 calories, Fat 7g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 17mg cholesterol, Sodium 301mg sodium, Carbohydrate 3g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
MAMA'S MARINARA SAUCE AND MEATBALLS
In culinary school, Rocco DiSpirito learned the term Mother Sauce, which refers to a sauce that is the base for other sauces. When he opened Rocco's and was developing the recipes for it, he and his cooks joked that marinara was "Mama Saucer" because it is an ingredient in many other dishes, and of course it's the mother of all sauces. It is also excellent on its own, especially with fresh pasta, which is more porous than dried pasta and therefore grabs the sauce and thickens it. I encourage you to make this in large quantities and keep it on hand in glass or plastic containers. It will keep in your refrigerator for weeks or your freezer for months. His mama is known better for these meatballs than she ever could have imagined. In Italy, meatballs, or polpette, are usually a lot smaller and, weird as it may seem, never eaten with pasta. They are served alone or in soup. In the United States, they became a lot bigger and are eaten alone, on heros, with spaghetti, and even on pizza. There are a lot of meatballs out there, folks, and I'm sure you have tasted your fair share, but I believe these are the best meatballs in the world. I can't, to this day, pinpoint what it is that makes them so phenomenal; I think it is largely the fact that you mix and roll them by hand. They are not dense like many meatballs, but they also don't fall apart in tomato sauce. It's not just my bias speaking here; everyone loves them. People who hate pork love them; people who never go near veal can't get enough. Vegetarians make exceptions for them. I encourage you to make these meatballs your own. Your kids will love something you make by hand, too.
Provided by By The Lake
Categories Meat
Time 3h
Yield 20 meatballs, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- MAMA'S MARINARA SAUCE.
- Cook the garlic and onion in the olive oil in a sauce pot over a medium-low flame, about 10 minutes or until garlic is tender and onions translucent, not brown (this is called "sweating" because it will draw out a lot of moisture and flavor).
- Add all the tomato products. Pour the chicken stock into one of the 28-ounce cans. Fill it the rest of the way with water and add that and the sugar to the pot. Stir and bring to a simmer. Taste and season with red pepper flakes and salt, and cover. Simmer the sauce for about 1 hour. The sauce should be fairly thin but not watery and very smooth. Uncover and simmer for 3 minutes. If it is too thin for your taste, add a little water if it seems thick.
- MAMA'S MEATBALLS.
- Place the chicken stock, onion, garlic, and parsley in a food processor and purée.
- In a large bowl, combine the puréed stock mix, meat, bread crumbs, eggs, Parmigiano-Reggiano, red pepper flakes, and salt. Combine with both hands until the mixture is distributed evenly. Do not overmix.
- Put a little olive oil on your hands and form the mixture into balls a little larger than golf balls. They should be about ¼ cup each, though if you prefer bigger or smaller, it will only affect the browning time.
- Pour about ½ inch of olive oil into a straight-sided, 10-inch-wide sauté pan and heat over a medium-high flame. Add the meatballs to the pan (working in batches, if necessary) and brown the meatballs well on all sides. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes.
- While the meatballs are browning, heat the marinara sauce in a stockpot over medium heat. Lift the meatballs out of the sauté pan with a slotted spoon and put them in the marinara sauce. Stir gently. Simmer for one hour.
- Serve with a little extra Parmigiano-Reggiano sprinkled on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 455.8, Fat 27, SaturatedFat 7.3, Cholesterol 124.2, Sodium 1096.6, Carbohydrate 29.9, Fiber 5.7, Sugar 14.5, Protein 26.4
CHEF ROCCO DISPIRITO'S MAMA'S MEATBALLS
While watching the cooking segment of the October 19th episode of The Tony Danza Show, Chef Rocco's Dispirito's mama prepared her infamous meatballs. I have not tried them, but I have a friend that did the following night and said she will never make another meatball recipe again.
Provided by Crabzilla
Categories Veal
Time 1h35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place the chicken stock, onion, garlic, and parsley in a blender or food processor and puree.
- In a large bowl, combine the pureed stock mix, meat, bread crumbs, egg, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, red pepper flakes, and salt.
- Combine with hands until mixture is uniform, do not overmix.
- Put a little olive oil on your hands and form mixture into balls a little larger than golf balls.
- Pour about 1/2 inch of extra virgin olive oil in straight sided, 10-inch-wide saute pan and heat over medium-high flame.
- Add the meatballs to the pan, working in batches if necessary, and brown meatballs, turning once.
- This should take about 10-15 minutes.
- While meatballs are browning, heat the marinara sauce in a large pot.
- Transfer the meatballs to the pot with the marinara sauce and simmer for one hour.
- Serve alone or over your favorite pasta.
SIMPLE ITALIAN MEATBALLS IN MARINARA SAUCE
This recipe is based upon an Italian family recipe, modified for working or busy moms like me, who need something homemade but quick. While cooking the sauce, prepare a fresh salad and garlic bread to complete the meal. Serve hot over your favorite pasta.
Provided by darcy907
Categories Main Dish Recipes Meatball Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Blend ketchup and milk together in a bowl. Mix in beef, egg, bread crumbs, and Greek seasoning to combine.
- Heat marinara sauce to a simmer in a 2-quart pot over low heat.
- Roll beef mixture with your hands to form meatballs. Drop into the simmering sauce. Add sugar and cayenne pepper. Cook, stirring gently and regularly, until meatballs are no longer pink and sauce is heated through, 25 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 366.2 calories, Carbohydrate 31.4 g, Cholesterol 86.9 mg, Fat 16.7 g, Fiber 5.1 g, Protein 21.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 1018.5 mg, Sugar 18.8 g
RAO'S MEATBALLS WITH MARINARA SAUCE
This is one of the signature dishes at Rao's, the East Harlem red-sauce joint that is best-known for a loyal, boldface-name clientele that makes it difficult to get a table. The restaurant now has satellites in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Provided by Adam Nagourney
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make the sauce: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, then add the salt pork. Sauté until fat has rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove and discard salt pork. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and sauté just until softened. Add tomatoes with their juice and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sauce is slightly thickened, about 45 minutes. Add the basil, oregano and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 1 minute more.
- Make the meatballs: In a mixing bowl, combine the beef, veal and pork. Add the eggs, cheese, parsley and minced garlic, then salt and pepper as desired. Add the bread crumbs and mix well. Slowly add up to 2 cups water, 1/2 cup at a time, until the mixture is moist; all the water may not be needed. Shape into 1 1/2 -inch meatballs.
- Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the smashed garlic and sauté until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes, then discard the garlic. Working in batches and taking care not to crowd the pan, add meatballs and fry until undersides are brown and slightly crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn and brown the other sides, about 5 minutes more. Transfer cooked meatballs to paper towels to drain, then add to the marinara sauce. Mix gently and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1086, UnsaturatedFat 55 grams, Carbohydrate 50 grams, Fat 79 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 49 grams, SaturatedFat 20 grams, Sodium 1472 milligrams, Sugar 14 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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