Meatballs with Sunday Gravy, Whipped Ricotta and 'Cherry' Tomato Salad

Name: Meatballs with Sunday Gravy, Whipped Ricotta and 'Cherry' Tomato Salad
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 ripe banana, chopped; 4 larges basil leaves, thinly sliced; 1 large long loaf Italian bread, halved lengthwise; 1 stick butter, softened; 1 kilograms crushed tomatoes; 4 servings Canola oil, for pan-frying; 3 eggs; 59 milliliters chopped fresh parsley leaves; 2 heads garlic, top 1/4-inch sliced off; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 8 cloves garlic, chopped; 2 Tbsps garlic powder; 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; 907 grams ground beef (15 percent fat); 680 grams ground pork; 227 grams ground veal; 1 Tbsp half-and-half; 1 Tbsp dried Italian seasoning; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters milk; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings Olive oil; 1 onion, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 237 milliliters grated Parmesan; 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, or to taste; 237 milliliters ricotta; 1 teaspoon salt

Meatballs with Sunday Gravy, Whipped Ricottan and 'Cherry' Tomato Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 2302 calories, 113g of protein, and 176g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 75% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, canolan oil, onion, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

In a small bowl, soak the bread slices in milk until completely soft. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the olive oil, onions and garlic and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

Bread

Milk

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Remove from the heat and allow to cool. In a large bowl, combine the ground meats with the dried seasonings, Parmesan, cooked onions, the eggs, salt and the bread mixture.

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Seasoning

Parmesan

Onion

Bread

Egg

Salt

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Mix with your hands until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Remove the chilled meat mixture from the refrigerator.

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Meat

Roll the mixture into 12 large meatballs. In a large skillet, add about 1/2-inch of canola oil.

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Canola Oil

Meatballs

Roll

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Frying Pan

Heat the pan over medium-high heat. Fry the meatballs until browned on all sides. Cook them in batches, if they don't all fit in the pan at once. Set aside.

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Meatballs

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Frying Pan

In a large pot, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat and saute the onions and garlic until soft, about 6 minutes. Stir in the banana, red pepper flakes and crushed tomatoes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Crushed Tomatoes

Olive Oil

Banana

Garlic

Onion

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Pot

Add the meatballs, lower the heat and simmer the sauce until thickened and the meatballs are cooked through, about 1 hour. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed.

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Salt And Pepper

Meatballs

Sauce

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Put the garlic heads on a large square of foil, cut side up.

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Garlic

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Aluminum Foil

Drizzle them with olive oil and wrap them up tightly.

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Olive Oil

Wrap

Put the packet on a baking sheet and roast for 30 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Remove the garlic from the wrap and let it cool. Squeeze the garlic out of the heads into a small bowl. Stir in the softened butter, salt and parsley and blend well. Generously spread the butter mixture on each half of the bread.

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Parsley

Butter

Garlic

Spread

Bread

Salt

Wrap

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Put the bread halves on a sheet pan and bake until toasty and brown, about 15 minutes. Slice each half of the bread into 12 slices.

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Bread

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Frying Pan

In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, milk, half-and-half and salt and pepper, to taste. Using a whisk, blend everything together until creamy and fluffy.

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Salt And Pepper

Ricotta Cheese

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Stir together the olive oil, salt and pepper and basil. Toss the tomatoes in the oil.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Tomato

Basil

Cooking Oil

To serve the meatball 'sundae': put 3 meatballs and some sauce in each shallow bowl, top with some of the tomato salad, and the whipped ricotta. Arrange the bread slices on the sides of the meatballs to resemble a banana split and serve.

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Meatballs

Ricotta Cheese

Banana

Tomato

Bread

Sauce

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