Chef John's Italian Meatballs

Servings:

These Italian meatballs are very easy to make, and since we skip the messy step of pan-frying the meatballs, it becomes downright simple! Here I use a standard half-beef/half-pork mixture. Once the meatballs are baked, add them to your favorite prepared tomato sauce and simmer for 1 to 2 hours.

Prep
27 min
Cook
95 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray. Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
  3. 3 Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking and stirring until onion is very tender, about 15 minutes more.
  4. 4 Gently stir beef and pork together in a large bowl. Add onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, Italian herb seasoning, and red pepper flakes; mix together using a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
  5. 5 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  6. 6 Form mixture into balls about 1 ½ inches in diameter; arrange in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
  7. 7 Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
  8. 8 Serve with your favorite tomato sauce. Enjoy!

Nutrition per serving

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