Meatball Stuffed Pasta Brain Recipes

MEATBALL STUFFED SHELL PASTA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the beef, pork, bread crumbs, onion, Parmesan cheese, garlic, parsley, eggs, salt, and pepper until just combined.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
• Take a walnut-sized portion of the meat mixture and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining meat and transfer to an oiled wire rack set over a baking sheet.
• Bake the meatballs for 10 minutes, until golden brown.
• Make the ricotta-herb mixture: combine the ricotta cheese, basil, parsley, Parmesan cheese, and salt in a medium bowl and mix well.
• Stuff a tablespoon of ricotta mixture into a jumbo shells, then stuff a meatball into the shells.
• Spread the marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch (23x33-cm) casserole dish, then lay in the stuffed shells. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Bake for 10 minutes, until the marinara sauce is warm.
• Top with chopped basil.
• Enjoy!

GIANT SPAGHETTI-STUFFED MEATBALL RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a bowl, add the Italian sausage, ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, Parmesan, eggs, and milk, and mix until well combined.
• Line a large glass bowl with plastic wrap, and spray thoroughly with cooking spray.
• Spread the meat mixture along the bottom and sides of the bowl, about ½-inch (1 cm) thick.
• Sprinkle mozzarella in the base of the meat mixture, then top the spaghetti with sauce on top.
• Using the plastic wrap, form the meat into a large ball, ensuring there are no holes or cracks.
• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
• Place ball on a foil-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• Place a large spoon full of marinara in the center of a plate. Top with the spaghetti-stuffed meatball, marinara, Parmesan, and basil.
• Enjoy!

PASTA AND MINI MEATBALL-STUFFED PASTA SHELLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Lightly grease cookie sheet; set aside. Lightly grease 13x9-inch baking dish; set aside.
• Add sausage to medium bowl. Lightly wet bread by placing it under water until just moistened, and then squeeze out excess water. Tear bread into tiny pieces, and add to bowl with sausage. Add 2 tablespoons of the pesto and the egg. Use your hands to mix together ingredients until combined.
• Roll mixture into 1/2 to 1 teaspoon-size balls; place each on cookie sheet as you go. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until no longer pink in center. Remove from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Meanwhile, heat large pot of salted water to boiling. Cook jumbo pasta shells to al dente. Using slotted spoon, remove pasta from water; set aside. To the boiling water, add the mini pasta shells; cook to al dente. Drain.
• Add the Gruyère cheese, Cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, heavy cream and pepper to medium pot set over medium heat. Allow cheese to slowly melt into the cream until it has formed a smooth sauce, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat, and stir in the mini pasta shells. Now gently stir in half of the mini meatballs.
• Pour half of the pasta sauce into baking dish. Add half of the remaining pesto, and spread the sauce in an even layer in bottom of dish. Sprinkle remaining mini meatballs over top. Using spoon, fill each jumbo pasta shell with cheesy mini shells, placing each jumbo shell in bottom of baking dish as you go. Once you have 1 layer of shells, pour remaining pasta sauce over shells. Then pour remaining pesto over shells. Now continue to fill remaining jumbo shells with cheesy pasta, placing them right on top of the first layer of jumbo shells.
• Once all the shells have been filled, sprinkle the remaining fontina cheese over top. Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and lightly browned. Serve with fresh basil.

SPAGHETTI STUFFED MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Bring a dutch oven 1/2 full of water to a boil. (I use a little EVO and salt. one the salt helps quicken the boil time , and two the oil helps the noodles from sticking together.).
• Place your noodles in the boiling water and cook until they are soft. Once done, strain the noodles, and mix the noodles with the sauce. Set aside to cool, well be stuffing the meatballs with the spaghetti and sauce.
• Combine ground beef, eggs, milk, bread crumbs, sea salt, white pepper, oregano, parsley, garlic. and parmesan cheese, until its well mixed together.
• Now there are a few ways to hollow out your patties, either with a small bowl or ramekin. I used a hamburger stuffer, then reshaped the meatball, so its round and not a patty. Either way works, once again that is up to your discretion and whatever you find easiest.
• After your patty is shaped, spoon in about 1/2 cup of cooked spaghetti and sauce in your hollowed patty. Then place the other patty on top and seal generously. Then roll the meatball in flour to help the seal the patties together.
• Place your formed meatballs in a shallow baking pan, spoon extra sauce over each meatball, and let a layer of sauce cover the pan. Sprinkle some extra parmasean cheese over each meatball. Approximately every 15 minutes baste each meatball generously with sauce and cook at 350 - 400 degrees for about 45 - 60 minutes.

CHEESY STUFFED MEATBALLS AND SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine ground beef, breadcrumbs and egg; shape into 12 meatballs. Press 1 cheese cube into each meatball, enclosing completely.
• In 3 quart saucepan, bring pasta sauce to a boil over medium-high heat. Gently stir in uncooked meatballs.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until meatballs are done. Serve.