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Ingredients:-
For the meatballs:-
1 pound chopped/ground beef 85/15 percent fat (450 grams)
1 piece stale Italian bread (about half a loaf)
1 garlic clove minced
1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
1-2 eggs
1/2 cup or more of Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 cups of milk and water or more to soak the bread
2 cups oil for frying
For the sauce:-
3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive
1 onion chopped
2 cans 28 ounces of peeled tomatoes
Fresh basil
Salt to taste
For surprise meatballs: –
mozzarella cubed
Directions:
For the sauce:-
Step#1- Add oil and onion in a pot and on medium heat sauté until onions are golden.
Step#2- Add the tomatoes and basil. With an immersion blender blend until smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blend you can do this in a blender before adding to the cooking process.
Step#3- Add salt and bring to a boil. Lower heat, place wooden spoon across top and place lid.
Step#4- Cook for about one hour always letting the steam escape.
For the meatballs:-
Step#1- In a large bowl soak bread in the milk/water until softened. Using both hands squeeze milk/water out.
Step#2- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and gently mix with your hands.
Step#3- Create meatballs the size that you like. Mine are about the size of a golf ball.
Step#4- Fry until browned on all sides and drain on paper towels. No need to cook through, they’ll finish cooking in the sauce.
Step#5- Add the meatballs to your sauce and finish cooking another 30 minutes.
For surprise meatballs (My little girl loves meatballs with a mozzarella center ):-
Step#1- Place a small piece of mozzarella in the middle of the meatball mixture. I shape them like a little football.
Step#2- Fry and enjoy hot!
Bon Apettito!