Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, easy italian ricotta cheese meatballs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I made these Ricotta Meatballs today and they were delicious. Easy Italian Ricotta Cheese Meatballs I had some leftover Ricotta Cheese, so I decided to use it in meatballs. These are very tender and flavorful. The Best Italian Meatballs With Ricotta Cheese Recipes on Yummly
Easy Italian Ricotta Cheese Meatballs is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Easy Italian Ricotta Cheese Meatballs is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have easy italian ricotta cheese meatballs using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Italian Ricotta Cheese Meatballs:
- Make ready 2 Eggs
- Take 1 \2 Cup Ricotta Cheese
- Make ready 1 \4 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Get 1 \2 Cup Italian Breadcrumbs
- Prepare 1 Teaspoon Table Salt
- Get 1 \2 Teaspoon Cracked Black Pepper
- Prepare 1 \2 Medium Onion Minced Dice
- Make ready 2 Cloves Garlic Minced Diced
- Take 1 \4 Cup Chopped "FRESH" Parsley
- Make ready 1 Teaspoon Dried Italian Seasoning
- Make ready 1 Pound Ground Beef
- Prepare 30 Ounces Marinara Sauce
Meatballs are the perfect comfort food and are prepared by many cultures in different ways. Here is an Italian American version where ricotta cheese is added to moisten the meatball mixture. This method results in a perfectly tender and moist meatball. I will never make a meatball without ricotta again.
Instructions to make Easy Italian Ricotta Cheese Meatballs:
- Combine first 10 ingredients in a mixing bowl. Let set for a few minutes. Note: if using dried parsley flakes, 1Tablespoon is plenty.
- Mix in ground beef until mixture comes together. Do not over mix. Keep mixture cool until ready to cook.
- Heat marinara sauce to a low simmer in stock pot. Gently add meatballs and cover. Simmer meatballs for 20 minutes. Gently flip meatballs over and simmer another 10 minutes. Shake pot around every 5 minutes or so to keep anything from sticking.
- Garnish with any additional cheese of your liking. Goes well with pasta for a very hearty meal. Enjoy
This method results in a perfectly tender and moist meatball. I will never make a meatball without ricotta again. Ricotta Polpette (or meatballs minus the meat) is a recipe that originates in none other than my home of Calabria, Italy. The dish, which involves the use of ricotta cheese in place of meat, derives from the traditional peasant cuisine – made with simple ingredients but of great taste and authenticity. These tasty and nutritious polpette… They are simply Italian beef meatballs with ricotta cheese inside the mix to make them extra magical.
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