Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Italian Meatballs

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, italian meatballs. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Italian Meatballs is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Italian Meatballs is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook italian meatballs using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Italian Meatballs:

1. Make ready 1 lb Ground beef
2. Take 1 lb Ground pork
3. Prepare 2 cup Sliced or torn bread
4. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Milk
5. Make ready 1 Chicken egg
6. Make ready 1 cup Freshly grated parmesan cheese (medium grate) (plus more for service presentation)
7. Make ready 1 medium White onion, finely diced
8. Prepare 2 clove Garlic, minced
9. Take 1 1/2 tbsp Fennel seed
10. Make ready 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
11. Make ready 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
12. Make ready 1 pinch Red pepper flake
13. Make ready 1 Your favorite marinara sauce
14. Take 1 1/2 tbsp Kosher salt
15. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp Freshly-ground black pepper
16. Prepare 2 pinch Kosher salt
17. Make ready "Meatball" Subs
18. Make ready 12 provolone or mozzarella (or both) slices
19. Take 6 Hoagie buns
20. Make ready Meatballs for Pasta
21. Prepare 6 Servings cooked pasta

Instructions to make Italian Meatballs:

1. Heat a large saute pan on low to medium-low heat. Toast the fennel seeds and red pepper flake in the pan for one to two minutes, taking care to not burn the spices. Add the olive oil and raise heat on the pan to medium.
2. Add the diced onion to the sauté pan and one pinch of Kosher salt. Sweat onions for 5-6 minutes and add minced garlic. Sweat for another 5-6 minutes. Stir in Italian seasoning, sweat another minute or two and remove from heat and allow to cool to around room temp.
3. Soak the bread pieces in the milk. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper. After the bread pieces have soaked up as much milk as possible, drain the excess and mash the bread with a fork so there are no large or medium sized chunks. Stir the bread and grated parmesan to combine in the large mixing bowl with the beaten egg mixture.
4. Add cooled onion mixture to bread mixture and stir to combine. Add ground pork and ground beef to the mixture along with the 1/2 TBSP of Kosher salt and 1/2 TBSP of freshly-ground black pepper. It's easiest (for me, anyway) to mix this with your hands. Don't worry about over-mixing. Make sure the entire mixture is as homogeneous as possible.
5. For Meatballs and pasta: Turn on your oven's broiler and put a rack about 3/4 of the way to the top. Form the meat mixture into 3-4 ounce balls (you'll have about 12-15 meatballs) and place them in a 9x13 roasting pan. Place them under the broiler for about 20 minutes or until the internal temperature is 165°F. The inside of the meatball will remain juicy, tender and flavorful. Serve with pasta and marinara and garnish with parmesan cheese.
6. For "Meatball" Sandwiches: Form the meat mixture into patties. Fry in a pan on the stove top. Melt cheese over the patties. Toast a split hoagie roll. Assemble sandwich with a few tsps of marinara.

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