Italian meatballs. These classic Italian-American style meatballs are huge and pillowy soft! They're mixed with ground beef and pork, loaded with herbs and cheese, and served with a traditional tomato sauce. A good meatball should be packed with flavor and tender throughout.

Grandma's Italian meatball recipe is the ultimate comfort food dish to share! Tender and juicy meatballs are simmered in a simple yet rich tomato sauce and placed over spaghetti noodles or the. Make a Double Batch for Your Future Self. You can have Italian meatballs using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian meatballs

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

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Italian meatballs step by step

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!.

Serve over pasta or like the Italians, as a Main Dish. Enjoy them with pasta or on a sandwich. What makes these these the best Italian meatballs you might ask. There are several key reasons this recipe works. My great-grandmother started this easy meatball recipe with our family.