Steps to Prepare Ultimate Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce

date: 2020-11-07T00:39:27.348Z
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author: Theodore Lawrence
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recipeingredient:
- "1 medium onion chopped" - "4 cloves garlic" - "3 slices white bread" - "500 g ground beefpork blend" - "150 g pizza mozzarella" - "1 tbsp tomato paste" - "1-660 ml bottle passata or crushed tomatoes" - "1 tsp dried basil" - "1 tsp dried oregano" - "1 tsp garlic powder" - "1/2 tsp onion powder" - "1 tbsp sugar" - " Fresh Italian parsley for garnish"
recipeinstructions:
- "Pulse the onion and garlic in a food processor until very finely minced." - "Wet the bread with a few tbsp water, then wring out as much liquid as you can. Tear the bread into small pieces, into a mixing bowl." - "Add the minced onion and garlic, ground meat, a few large pinches of salt and several grinds of black pepper to the mixing bowl. Knead the mixture together, just until combined. Don't overmix or the meat will toughen." - "Cut the mozzarella into cubes about double the size of peas. Grab a heap tbsp of meat mix and flatten it to about 1/2 cm thickness with your palms. Put a cube of cheese in the centre, then fold the meat around it until enclosed. Roll the meatball in your hands until it's nice and round, then lay it onto a parchment lined tray. Repeat until there's no more meat. You should be able to make about 15 meatballs. Place the tray of meatballs in the fridge for 30 minutes." - "Preheat your oven to 400 F. Transfer the meatballs to a second baking sheet that's been lightly greased. Bake them for 20 minutes. While waiting, get started on the sauce." - "Add a splash of olive oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Add the tomato paste and let fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Pour in the passata, then stir in the basil, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar. Bring to a simmer and drop the heat to medium-low." - "Pull the meatballs from the oven. Before transferring them to the sauce, give the sauce a taste and adjust the seasoning. Also, if the sauce looks to be drying out, add a splash or two of water. Move the meatballs into the pan and nestle them into the sauce. Cover and let simmer a final 20 minutes. Serve with a sprinkle of parsley."
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katakunci: mozzarella stuffed meatballs
nutrition: 132 calories
recipecuisine: American
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cooktime: "PT43M"
recipeyield: "4"
recipecategory: Dinner

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Hello everybody, it's Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.



##### The ingredients needed to make Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce:

1. Make ready 1 medium onion, chopped 1. Make ready 4 cloves garlic 1. Get 3 slices white bread 1. Prepare 500 g ground beef/pork blend 1. Make ready 150 g pizza mozzarella 1. Take 1 tbsp tomato paste 1. Make ready 1-660 ml bottle passata (or crushed tomatoes) 1. Make ready 1 tsp dried basil 1. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano 1. Make ready 1 tsp garlic powder 1. Make ready 1/2 tsp onion powder 1. Get 1 tbsp sugar 1. Make ready Fresh Italian parsley for garnish

Add the ground beef, pork, Parmesan, and egg to the bowl and mix with your hands until well combined. With your finger, make an indentation in each ball and press a piece of mozzarella into it. Pinch the meat to close the hole. For the tomato sauce heat the oil in a decent sized saucepan.



##### Steps to make Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce:

1. Pulse the onion and garlic in a food processor until very finely minced. 1. Wet the bread with a few tbsp water, then wring out as much liquid as you can. Tear the bread into small pieces, into a mixing bowl. 1. Add the minced onion and garlic, ground meat, a few large pinches of salt and several grinds of black pepper to the mixing bowl. Knead the mixture together, just until combined. Don't overmix or the meat will toughen. 1. Cut the mozzarella into cubes about double the size of peas. Grab a heap tbsp of meat mix and flatten it to about 1/2 cm thickness with your palms. Put a cube of cheese in the centre, then fold the meat around it until enclosed. Roll the meatball in your hands until it's nice and round, then lay it onto a parchment lined tray. Repeat until there's no more meat. You should be able to make about 15 meatballs. Place the tray of meatballs in the fridge for 30 minutes. 1. Preheat your oven to 400 F. Transfer the meatballs to a second baking sheet that's been lightly greased. Bake them for 20 minutes. While waiting, get started on the sauce. 1. Add a splash of olive oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Add the tomato paste and let fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Pour in the passata, then stir in the basil, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar. Bring to a simmer and drop the heat to medium-low. 1. Pull the meatballs from the oven. Before transferring them to the sauce, give the sauce a taste and adjust the seasoning. Also, if the sauce looks to be drying out, add a splash or two of water. Move the meatballs into the pan and nestle them into the sauce. Cover and let simmer a final 20 minutes. Serve with a sprinkle of parsley.

Pinch the meat to close the hole. For the tomato sauce heat the oil in a decent sized saucepan. When the oil is hot enough add the onion, pepper and garlic. Stir this mixture and cook for a few minutes on a medium heat till it has all softened and the onions are almost see-through. Then add the mushrooms and cook for a few minutes more.

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