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Ricotta Meatballs

ricotta meatballs.
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Ricotta meatballs are soft, juicy, and incredibly tender. They’re just as easy as regular Italian meatballs but ricotta cheese is added to the mix to give them the most amazing texture.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped or grated
  • 3 large cloves of garlic, grated or finely minced
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 cup dried plain breadcrumbs
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 4 ounces ground beef
  • 4 ounces mild Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. Combine the onion, garlic, ricotta cheese, breadcrumbs, oregano, salt, pepper, and egg in a large bowl.
  2. Add the ground beef and sausage and, using your hands, mix the meat into the breadcrumb mixture.
  3. Make 0.8-ounce balls (just under one ounce) with the mixture and place them on a plate or baking sheet.
  4. Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Once heated, lower the heat to medium and brown the meatballs in batches. With a large 10-inch pan, you will probably need to do two batches. Cook the meatballs for approximately 10 minutes or until they are brown all over and cooked through.
  5. Serve them with your favorite pasta sauce over pasta or rice. Or, cool them and freeze them for up to two months. The recipe makes approximately 32 small meatballs.

Notes

This recipe does not have a lot of meat – the ricotta is the star! Because of that, the meatballs are pretty delicate. Be sure to cook them in a non-stick skillet with oil and gently turn them to brown them all over.

You can serve them in sauce with some garlic bread on the side, spoon them over rice with the sauce, or use them to make spaghetti and meatballs. If you want to serve them with pasta, Don’t toss them with the pasta – instead, take the meatballs out of the sauce, add the pasta to coat it, and then place the meatballs on top. If you toss them, they will fall apart but they’ll still be delicious.

These ricotta meatballs are so good, and I hope you try them! But if you prefer meatier meatballs, you might like my easy turkey meatballs or slow cooker meatballs better.

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