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Cheesy meatballs with tomato sauce baked right in the oven – no mess or frying! Good enough for a fancy dinner to serve for a holiday or to dinner guests.
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 50 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Ingredients
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1½ pounds meatloaf meat mix (beef, pork, veal combo) OR use ground beef
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4 cloves garlic-roughly chopped, not minced
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a handful of chopped parsley
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1 cup unseasoned bread crumbs
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1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (not the grated green can cheese)
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2 eggs
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salt to taste
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Sauce of your choice (approx two 24-oz jars)
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Mozzarella cheese to top it off with
Instructions
- Mix all of the above meatball ingredients and form your meatballs-not too large. Mine made about 24.
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Grease a baking sheet (one that has sides) and bake the meatballs at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
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Lower oven to 375.
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Pour some sauce in the bottom of your dish(es).
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I used a 2 8×8 glass dishes or you could use one 9×13. Also, you can bake one pan of them and freeze one for later.
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Lay meatballs on top of the sauce. Cover with more sauce and dress the top up with lots of mozzarella! It should be generously covered with cheese!
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Cover with foil and bake for 20 more minutes.
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Remove foil and bake an additional 10 mins or until meatballs are cooked through and cheese is browning.
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For the last 4 minutes I raised the oven temp to 400 to help the browning. Just keep an eye on the cheese to make sure it’s browning and not burning.