Category: Best Freezer Treasure
Author:
Melinda Heasley
Recipe Name:
Bellagoosa's Meatballs
Recipe Description:
Delicious meatballs in sauce, perfect over your favorite pasta!
Ingredients:
- 1 lb. ground beef (80/20 works best)
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 5 cloves garlic, diced
- 3/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 3/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon each salt & pepper
- 1 48 oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce (red sauce)
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients (except pasta sauce) in a large bowl. Do it by hand, it's fun. Form golf-ball sized meatballs by rolling mixture lightly in your hands. Place each meatball on a baking sheet, be careful that they do not touch. Bake for 45 minutes. Heat pasta sauce on medium-high heat in a Dutch-oven sized pan until it simmers. Reduce heat to low-medium and place meatballs in sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes, carefully stirring occasionally. Serve over your favorite pasta (I like thin spaghetti). Leftover meatballs freeze beautifully; wait for meatballs and sauce to cool, then transfer to a sealable plastic zipper bag. To reheat, thaw in refrigerator, then reheat on stove or in microwave. Also makes awesome meatball subs. Enjoy!
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