Delicious Italian Meatballs Simmered In Sauce Mommy S Best Recipes

HOMEMADE ITALIAN MEATBALLS

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.

CHEF JOHN'S ITALIAN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 20 minutes.
• 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. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

DELICIOUS MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drizzle a large baking sheet with about 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a small saute pan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and Italian seasoning; continue to saute until garlic is softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool enough to handle.
• Combine beef, pork, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, milk, onion mixture, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix together using your hands as quickly as possible as overmixing can produce a tough meatball.
• Form 1 1/2-inch meatballs and place on the prepared sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and no longer pink in the centers, about 30 minutes, turning them over after 15 minutes.

DELICIOUS ITALIAN MEATBALLS SIMMERED IN SAUCE - MOMMY'S BEST!

Steps:

• Chop garlic and onions.
• Saute garlic and onions , in olive oil, until cooked and browned- set aside to cool.
• Mix ground meat, eggs, italian seasoning, grated cheese, salt & pepper and cooked onions/garlic mixture until well blended -- clean hands work best.
• Shape mix into approx 25 meatballs, all about walnut sized .
• In same pan, under medium heat, cook meatballs, turning as needed, covered, until cooked throughand brown on all sides.
• Drain off fat.
• Place in your favorite red italian sauce and simmer for at least 60 minutes over low heat.
• Serve over your favorite pasta.

SPAGHETTI & PUTTANESCA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the garlic, stir, 3 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes, capers, olives, red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, and black pepper, return to low heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Taste the sauce and add salt and pepper if needed.
• Reduce the heat to very low, simmer another 15 minutes.
• Cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling water until al dente; drain.
• Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, sprinkle on the fresh parsley, Parmesan cheese, and serve.