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Tender Melt in your Mouth Meatballs with Sausage and Tomato Sauce

Name: How to cook Tender Melt in your Mouth Meatballs with Sausage and Tomato Sauce - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

fenway

Tender Melt in your Mouth Meatballs with Sausage and Tomato Sauce

This is my Grandmothers recipe for the meatballs and sauce, she often added sausage as I did in this recipe, she also sometimes browned pork ribs with the sausage to give the sauce even more flavor!

Ingredient

Food ration :

10 servings

Cooking time :

2 hours

FOR MEATBALLS

1 1/2 lb

meatloaf mix, which is a mix of ground beef,ground pork and ground veal

2 tbsp

minced onion

2 clove

minced garlic

4 oz

italian cheese blend such as romano, parmesan, provolone and asiago, grated

1/4 cup

fresh bread crumbs I use rye bread but any fresh bread crumbs work, but not dry readcrumbs

3 tbsp

heavy cream

8 oz

whole milk ricotta cheese

1/2 tsp

dry italian sasoning spice mix

1/4 tsp

salt

1/2 tsp

black pepper

1 tsp

hot sauce such as franks brand

egg,beaten

FOR SAUCE

italian sausage, mild or hot or a combination

20 slice

of pepperoni

28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes

15 ounce can diced tomatoes

1 large

onion, chopped

minced garlic cloves

2 tsp

dry italian seasoning blend mix

2 tbsp

fresh chopped basil

1/2 tsp

black pepper and salt to taste

1/4 tsp

red pepper flakes

1 tbsp

heavy cream, optinal but adds a richness

2 tbsp

grated parmesan cheese

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

FOR MEATBALLS

* Step 2

In a small bowl combine breadcrumbs and cream to soak into a paste while combining remaining meatball ingredients in a large bowl, add soaked breadcrumbs with any remaining liquid if any is there. Mix all ingredients until well combined. Mixture will be soft. chill at least 2 hours before rolling into balls to make it easier to work with.You can do this a day in advance.

* Step 3

Preheat oven to 375, spray baking pan lightly with non stick spray.

* Step 4

Form meatballs into 11/2 inche balls place on baking pan not touching each other and bake 30 minutes.

* Step 5

Add to your gently simmering tomato/sausage sauce for at least 45 minutes

* Step 6

FOR SAUCE

* Step 7

In a dutch oven, film the bottom with olive oil, add pepperoni and cook until crisp, remove to drain on paper towels. Add sausage ad brown all sides remove to a plate. Add onion and garlic adding a bit more olive oil only if needed, soften, then add all remaining sauce ingredients, simmer partially covered for 1 hour. Add baked meatballs and simmer gently at least 45 more minutes partially covered.