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    Home » Recipes » Beef Recipes

    Favourite Italian Meatballs

    August 26, 2014 by Laureen King

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    A hint of lemon, rosemary and Grana Padano cheese add amazing flavour to my Favourite Italian Meatballs.
    My favourite Italian Meatballs

    Some meatballs recipes can be dry and boring, but My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs recipe makes the best meatballs ever! The flavour is exceptional with the addition of ingredients such as Grana Padano cheese, white wine, rosemary and surprisingly, lemon zest. This fantastic meatball recipe is from Luca Manfe, the winner of Season 4 MasterChef.

    My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs

    If you like to cook chances are you are a collector of cookbooks. Although we have an abundance of recipes available to us via Pinterest, Facebook, and the many wonderful food blogs, I still enjoy browsing though a cookbook page by page. My husband and I love watching the TV show Masterchef, and my favourite contestant was Luca Manfe.  His new cookbook "My Italian Kitchen" has many wonderful Italian recipes! One exceptional recipe is Luca's recipe  for My Mother's Meatballs. In addition to being a great meatball recipe it also makes great burgers and meatloaf.
    My favourite Italian Meatballs
    My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs

    Favourite Italian Meatballs

    Laureen King
    The flavour is exceptional with the addition of ingredients such as Grana Padano cheese, white wine, rosemary and surprisingly, lemon zest.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 129 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 lb extra lean ground beef
    • ½ cup Grana Padano cheese grated
    • ½ cup onion finely chopped
    • 4 teaspoon garlic minced
    • 2 tablespoon white wine
    • 1 egg
    • 1 egg yolk
    • ⅓ cup parsley fresh finely chopped
    • 1 ½ teaspoon lemon zest grated
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 ciabatta roll cubed
    • 1 cup milk
    • 2 tablespoon olive oil
    • 3-4 sprigs fresh rosemary

    Instructions
     

    • Place cubed bread in bowl, add milk (enough to cover bread). Set aside 20-30 minutes until bread is soggy.
    • In bowl combine together cheese, onion, garlic, wine, eggs, parsley, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
    • Place ground beef in large bowl, add wet ingredients and combine together.
    • Squeeze milk from bread, then combine into beef mixture.
    • Form into desired size of meatballs.
    • Heat olive oil in large skillet, medium high heat.
    • Add rosemary sprigs, then meatballs.
    • Sear all sides of meatballs cooking until done, do not turn until each side is well seared or meatballs will fall apart.
    • Serve with your favourite pasta, rice or mashed potatoes.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 12gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 325mgPotassium: 189mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 247IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword favourite meatballs, meatballs, burgers
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    Italian Meatballs

    For another tasty recipe using ground beef how about trying this great meatloaf recipe Sicilian Meatloaf

    Sicilian Meatloaf

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    Comments

    1. Laureen King

      September 05, 2014 at 2:18 pm

      Thanks Jennifer, the rosemary is wonderful in this recipe!

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    2. The Kitchener

      September 05, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      Those sounds great! And I like that the recipe was her mother's, it seems that those are usually the best kinds of recipes. We rarely make meatballs but every time we do we are rewarded with a dinner that the whole family devours in moments!

      Reply
      • Laureen King

        September 05, 2014 at 5:50 pm

        So true, recipes passed down are the best!

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    3. Kavita Bokhiria

      September 05, 2014 at 6:15 pm

      Rosemary flavor ,I love it.

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      • Laureen King

        September 05, 2014 at 6:26 pm

        Me too, and pan frying with rosemary this way gives great flavour without being over powering.

        Reply

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