Italian Meatballs

"This is a combination of lots of different recipes. The sauce is slightly spicy, but can be altered by adding more or less crushed red pepper flakes and peppers. We eat these on a sandwich, over pasta, or even on pizza. They freeze really well either in the sauce or alone. If freezing without the sauce, place them on a cookie sheet and place in freezer until solid. Then the meatballs can be placed in freezer bags and added to pasta a few at a time."
 
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Ready In:
4hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
27
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk. Add remaining ingredients, except for meat and sauce ingredients.
  • Add meat. Mix well, with hands. Shape into 1" balls.
  • Place on cookie sheet lines with foil and greased (or a broiler pan to catch any excess fat).
  • Bake for 10 - 20 minutes at 400 degrees.
  • Place meatballs in slow cooker, and move to sauce.
  • Combine all of the sauce ingredients together in a bowl, mix well.
  • Pour over meatballs.
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  • If you don't want to use a slow cooker, mix sauce ingredients together over medium heat. Add meatballs to saucepan, and let sauce simmer for 30 minutes, or longer for better flavor.

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Reviews

  1. Wonderful dish best meatballs ever.
     
  2. These meatballs were fantastic! I love the taste of the sausage and the spices. They were very tender. Since I had a premade pasta sauce, I didn't try your sauce. I baked them in the oven at 400F for 25 minutes in and ungreased pan and they were done perfectly. Thank you for this recipe, it's a keeper!
     
  3. Mama mia, what a meatball! The only thing I changed was to cut the red pepper flakes in half ... and it still had quite a kick. Next time I might leave the peppers in the meatballs but cut them out of the sauce completely. I made bigger meatballs,using my ice cream scoop as a measure and slightly underfilling it. I still browned them in the oven for just 10 minutes. I did sautee my vegetables a bit first, as suggested by another reviewer. Then I put the meatballs and sauce in the crockpot on low for about 5 hours. They transported easily to a potluck in the crockpot and were moist and flavorful. Great recipe!
     
  4. These were delicious!! I followed the recipe as written except I doubled the amount of sauce. I served this over penne pasta and wanted to make sure that I had plenty of sauce. Next time I make this, I think I will add some fresh mushrooms to the sauce. Also, I think that I might lightly saute the veggies before adding them to the sauce as they were still a little on the crunchy side. This was a very good recipe that I will definitely be making again. Thank you for sharing.
     
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