Beef meatball recipes?

Question

I want to make beef meatballs in a tomato sauce with pasta for tea tonight...... Preferably italian style

After something really tasty but not too complicated

I want to make both the meatballs and tomato sauce from scratch tho.

Thanx guys

i dont know what a cup measurment is! im english not american!

Answer 1

the key to authentic italian meatballs is a mixture of beef/veal and pork.
Usually you can get this already packaged at the store -they call it meatloaf mix. But this is what we italians use.
about 1 1/4 pounds of that, mixed with an egg, grated pecorino romano cheese, very finely minced garlic and italian parsley, bread crumbs and mix well either in a food processor or with a stand mixer.
shape into balls and fry in olive oil until golden (this will keep the meatballs in their round shape and keep them from falling apart)
after fried, add to your tomato sauce and cook for at least an hour or so.
The meat is what gives your sauce that "italian" flavor.

Answer 2

ITALIAN MEATBALLS AND SAUCE

Meatballs:

2 lbs ground beef mixture
2 eggs
garlic powder
1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
salt
a little bit of milk


Sauce:

2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans tomato puree
2 crushed tomatoes
1 teaspoon olive oil


A Sprinkle of:

oregano
onion powder
garlic powder
Parmesan cheese

Combine all ingredients for meatballs in a large bowl. Form into meatballs. Fry them until brown in a skillet with 1/4" olive oil and several whole cloves fresh garlic, to flavor the oil.
Pour a few spoons of olive oil after done from the skillet into your sauce. Cook for 6 hours in sauce on simmer

Answer 3

Meatballs are just small hamburgers, rolled in the hand so that are ball shaped and not flat.
If you use good minced steak, mixed with sweated onions and garlic and some herbs of your choice and work the mixture together, you won't need breadcrumbs. Fry off first before adding them to your favourite tomato sauce and they shouldn't disintegrate.

However, my favourite Italian Restaurant in Hong Kong carried a warning at the top of the menu.
WE DO NOT SERVE MEATBALLS AND SPAGHETTI. THIS IS NOT AN ITALIAN DISH!!

Answer 4

TO MAKE SAUCE, SAUTE ONION AND GARLIC IN OLIVE OIL, add 2 cans of blended tomatoes, 1 tsp sugar, salt pepper, and a pinch of basil or parsley if u have no basil, add a few more cans of water and simmer while u make the meatballs, add a little chilli sauce if u like

to make meatballs, add 500g mince beef, crushed garlic, 1 or 2 eggs, 2tbs parmasen cheese, i cup breadcrumbs, i tbs parsley, and add some water to make a mixture to the consistency of hamburber patties, roll into balls and place in bubbly sauce mixture, simmer on medium for about 40 minutes
serve with spagetti and parmasen cheese

its yumm i cook this around once a fortnight

Answer 5

Meatballs are easy! I usually buy pre-packed mince. Fry one finely diced onion. Add this to the mince, also add an egg, chopped garlic, salt and pepper and finely chopped basil. Roll them into balls about the size of a ping pong ball. Fry them in oil for about twenty minutes (cut one in half to make sure it is cooked properly). If you want to make the sauce using fresh tomatoes you're going to need a lot! Deskin them by placing each tomato in boiling water for 20-30 seconds and the skin will just peel right off. Chop them up finely and add whatever seasoning you like. I would recommend using tinned tomatoes though because they have more flavour. A lot of people say to put breadcrumbs in the meatballs but I never have any and they seem to be fine-just pack them tightly.

Answer 6

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1/2 c. Italian dry bread crumbs
1 egg
1/4 c. finely minced fresh parsley
1/4 c. Parmesan or Romano cheese
little salt and pepper
5 to 6 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped

Directions:
Mix all together with your hands, knead a little and form into walnut size balls. Place in a hot skillet with a little extra virgin olive oil and brown over medium heat. Place in your favorite marinara sauce and cook for a half hour to an hour so flavor can go through....ymmmm...serve with hot pasta and extra cheese.

Good Luck :)

Answer 7

chop up parsley add it to the ground beef add salt add some black pepper add some red pepper mix all together roll into meatballs cook the meatballs add them to spaghetti, or whatever you have in mind. Bon Appetit!!!

Answer 8

IF YOU HAVE A FOOD PROCESSOR IT IS VERY QUICK, IF NOT YOU CAN STILL MAKE THEM. YOU WILL NEED
1 CHOPPED ONION.
3 CLOVES GARLIC,
1 TEASPOON OREGANO.OR BASIL
I SLICE OF BREAD.MADE INTO BREADCRUMBS
SALT &PEPPER
I PK MINCED BEEF

JUST MIX ALL THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER,
IF YOU HAVE THE PROCESSOR PUT THE ITEMS IN THE ORDER I HAVE WRITEN THEM . IF NOT JUST MIX IN A BOWL. THEM SHAPE IINTO BALLS YOU WILL NOT NEED ANYTHING TO BIND IT AS IT IS VERY SOFT. JUST BUY A JAR OF PASTA SAUCE AND COOK IN THE OVEN FOR 40 MINS.

Answer 9

take half kg of beef and wash it nicely,
than u put 2tsp of ginger-garlic paste ,1tsp of red chilli,
salt to taste and mix it nicely and than u fry the beef.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL REALLY LIKE THIS RECIPES AND IT IS PERFACT FOR DINNER