Meatball Grinder

Name: Meatball Grinder
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters garlic basil spread (see footnote for recipe link); 237 milliliters soft bread crumbs; 237 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 2 eggs; 118 milliliters chopped fresh basil, divided; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 454 grams ground beef; 4 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 454 grams sweet Italian sausage; 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning; 237 milliliters prepared marinara sauce; 2 Tbsps Marsala wine; 237 milliliters mascarpone cheese, divided; 118 milliliters milk; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, sliced; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese, divided; 1 red bell pepper, sliced; 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 1 serrano pepper, sliced; 946 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese, divided; 4 Italian-style hoagie buns, split lengthwise

Meatball Grinder might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1842 calories, 87g of protein, and 124g of fat each. This recipe covers 55% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have mascarpone cheese, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

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Oven

Combine soft bread crumbs, dry bread crumbs, and milk in a large bowl and allow to soak until the bread crumbs absorb most of the milk, about 10 minutes.

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Breadcrumbs

Milk

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Bowl

Add ground beef, Italian sausage, 1 cup marinara sauce, eggs, garlic, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes and mix until thoroughly combined. Form into 16 large meatballs.

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Italian Seasoning

Red Pepper Flakes

Italian Sausage

Marinara Sauce

Ground Beef

Meatballs

Garlic

Egg

Heat 1 cup olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook meatballs until browned, about 10 minutes.

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Meatballs

Olive Oil

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Dutch Oven

Transfer to a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Bring 1 cup marinara sauce to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat.

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Marinara Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Add cooked meatballs and heat through, about 5 minutes.

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Meatballs

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion, red bell pepper, and serrano pepper in the hot oil until onion softens, 5 to 6 minutes.

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Red Pepper

Serrano Pepper

Olive Oil

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add Marsala wine, salt, and black pepper; cook until wine has evaporated and onion turns golden, about 10 minutes.

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Black Pepper

Wine

Onion

Salt

Spread each hoagie bun with 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese and 1 tablespoon garlic basil spread.

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Mascarpone

Hoagie Bun

Garlic

Spread

Basil

Place four meatballs and a spoonful of marinara sauce on top.

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Marinara Sauce

Meatballs

Sprinkle each sandwich with 1 cup mozzarella cheese.

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Mozzarella

Place sandwiches onto a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and buns are toasted, about 5 minutes. Top each sandwich with 1/4 of the onion mixture; garnish each sandwich with 2 tablespoons of basil and 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.

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Parmesan