Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs with Pasta
(from Autumn.Stearns’s recipe box)
Source: RecipeThing user kkakela (from RecipeThing user AlyssaH)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 5 people
Categories: FACS class
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb pasta (1/2 package)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup bread crumbs (panko or regular, Italian seasoned or plain)
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3-4 mozzarella cheese sticks (string cheese works best)
- 2 cups spaghetti sauce
Directions
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Start your water boiling for your pasta. Once it is boiling, add your pasta. (boil for 7-10 minutes). Drain water and serve with sauce and meatball mixture below.
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Chop each cheese stick into half inch pieces (about 6-8 pieces for each cheese stick). Place on a plate and chill in the freezer until ready to use.
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Add ground beef, bread crumbs, egg and egg yolk, garlic, onion powder, Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to a bowl. Mush the ingredients together with your hands until everything comes together.
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Remove cheese from freezer. Scoop out approximately 4 tablespoons of meat mixture and roll into a ball. Roll meat into a ball around the mozzarella with your hands. Place in a greased fry pan. Fry all sides but do not burn.
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When all meatballs are cooked through (no longer pink). The cheese may start melting out of the meatballs, that’s okay.
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Add spaghetti sauce to the pan, heat through.
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Top pasta with the meatball sauce mixture.