Spicy Italian Meatballs Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil. Spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix Meatball ingredients until well combined. Using rounded tablespoon measure, shape 20 meatballs (1 1/2-inch); place in pan. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until no longer pink in center (at least 165°F).
• Meanwhile, make sauce by heating oil in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add crushed garlic and 1/4 teaspoon pepper flakes; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until garlic is fragrant. Add tomatoes, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the basil leaves; heat to simmering. Stir; cook 4 to 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes. Carefully transfer to blender. Vent blender top, and cover with kitchen towel. Blend sauce 40 to 45 seconds or until garlic and basil are blended with tomatoes. Serve sauce warm with meatballs.

Steps:

• Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 20 minutes.
• Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, Italian herb seasoning, and Parmesan cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• cut the sausages in half and squeeze the meat out onto a mixing bowl.
• Mix ground beef with sausage meat with hands.
• Mix cayenne pepper, garlic salt, cilantro, onion. parmesan cheese and basil with the meat mixture. Mix thoroughly.
• Beat eggs in a separate bowl.
• Pour eggs into the meat while adding bread crumbs. Add bread crumbs till the meat mixture is firm.
• Make 1 inch meatballs with hands.
• Fry meatballs in olive oil until brown.
• Enjoy with pasta sauce.

Steps:

• Firstly to make the meatballs.
• Tear the sliced bread into small pieces, put in a bowl and add the milk until the bread soaked it all.
• Then squeeze as much milk as possible out of the bread and add it to a medium sized mixing bowl.
• Add the mince, parsley, chilli flakes, egg and a little salt & pepper to the mixing bowl and thouroughly mix and nead until smooth and even.
• Get out a plate or tray and start to tear small tabletennis sized amounts from the mixture. Roll in the palms of your hands until smooth and place on the tray.
• Once all oof the mixture is used, put the tray in the fridge and leave for about 20 mins
• For the sauce, add the passatta, vegetable stock, parsley, chilli, sugar, salt and pepper and stir. Simmer on a low heat until later.
• After about 20 mins or once the sauce is made, get the meatballs from the fridge, add a little light olive oil (1-2 tbsp) to a frying pan and cook in batches of about 5 or 6 until browned but not completley cooked through.
• Once all of the meatballs are browned, Add all of the meatballs back to the pan for a couple of minutes and then add to your sauce and simmer for about 15 minutes.
• Now make your spaghetti, once this is ready serve with your meatballs and add a little parmesan and parsley to garnish.