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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tender melt in your mouth meatballs with sausage and tomato sauce using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tender Melt in your Mouth Meatballs with Sausage and Tomato Sauce:
- Prepare 1 FOR MEATBALLS
- Make ready 1 1/2 lb meatloaf mix, which is a mix of ground beef,ground pork and ground veal
- Take 2 tbsp minced onion
- Make ready 2 clove minced garlic
- Make ready 4 oz italian cheese blend such as romano, parmesan, provolone and asiago, grated
- Get 1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs I use rye bread but any fresh bread crumbs work, but not dry readcrumbs
- Prepare 3 tbsp heavy cream
- Take 8 oz whole milk ricotta cheese
- Take 1/2 tsp dry italian sasoning spice mix
- Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp hot sauce such as franks brand
- Prepare 1 egg,beaten
- Get 1 FOR SAUCE
- Get 6 italian sausage, mild or hot or a combination
- Get 20 slice of pepperoni
- Prepare 2 28 ounce cans crushed tomatoes
- Take 1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1 large onion, chopped
- Make ready 4 minced garlic cloves
- Make ready 2 tsp dry italian seasoning blend mix
- Take 2 tbsp fresh chopped basil
- Get 1/2 tsp black pepper and salt to taste
- Prepare 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- Take 1 tbsp heavy cream, optinal but adds a richness
- Get 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
Steps to make Tender Melt in your Mouth Meatballs with Sausage and Tomato Sauce:
- FOR MEATBALLS
- 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.
- Preheat oven to 375, spray baking pan lightly with non stick spray.
- Form meatballs into 11/2 inche balls place on baking pan not touching each other and bake 30 minutes.
- Add to your gently simmering tomato/sausage sauce for at least 45 minutes
- FOR SAUCE
- 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.
- What you do with the pepperoni is up to you, we garnish side salads with it!
- Serve with any pasta or just crusty bread or both!
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