Last night I made homemade meatballs for our spaghetti for the first time. They were really good and so I wanted to share this recipe with you.
This is one really easy and fun for little ones to do too...
Just make sure they wash up well!
1.5 pounds hamburger
2 tblsp. Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 eggs
dash of garlic
(anything else you'd like season with)
Combine all of the above ingredients in a large bowl with your hands. It's fun to mix and mash because it gets pretty slimy.
After you've mixed the ingredients make into balls. I did small ones because I'm feeding my 4 little ones.
Then you can cook them one of three ways.
1. Put them in a small pot of spaghetti sauce and cook them until they are done. I had to do them in thirds because they wouldn't all fit into the pot and I didn't want to use the spaghetti sauce I was cooking in. It accumulates quite a bit of grease but this is an easy way to cook the meatballs. When they were done I scooped them out with a slotted spoon and put in the next batch. They take about 10-15 minutes. When I had cooked them all I put them in a little larger pot and added fresh sauce and my already cooked noodles. YUM YUM!
If you use method 2 or 3 you may want to put them in the sauce of your choice for a little longer, maybe on the stove for a bit so they soak up some of the spaghetti sauce. Your choice to do this or not........
2. Brown slowly in frying pan then drain on a paper towel and add to cooked noodles and sauce of your choice.
3. You can also try using a Pampered Chef dish and baking them in the oven. Drain the grease and add to the already cooked sauce and noodles. You can use a regular baking dish too but I find the Pampered Chef dishes work best.
Let me know if you try this recipe and like it!
JulieLabels: main dishes, meatballs, recipes, spaghetti |
