Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce
Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce.
You can have Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce
- You need of medium onion, chopped.
- It's of garlic.
- Prepare of white bread.
- It's of ground beef/pork blend.
- It's of pizza mozzarella.
- Prepare of tomato paste.
- You need of bottle passata (or crushed tomatoes).
- You need of dried basil.
- You need of dried oregano.
- It's of garlic powder.
- Prepare of onion powder.
- Prepare of sugar.
- You need of Fresh Italian parsley for garnish.
Mozzarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce step by step
- 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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