I’ve discovered a new fantastic meatball recipe, My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs from Luca Manfe winner of Season 4 MasterChef. So Good!!
Meatballs can tend to be dry and boring, but My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs recipe makes tender, juicy meatballs. The flavour is exceptional with the addition of ingredients such as Grana Padano cheese, white wine, rosemary and surprisingly, lemon zest.
If you like to cook chances are you are a collector of recipe books. Although we have an abundance of recipes available to us via Pinterest, Facebook, Food sites, Google+ 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 Masterchef Canada. One of my favourite contestants was Luca Manfe. My husband surprised me one day by buying me Luca Manfe’s new cookbook “My Italian Kitchen”. I really enjoy this cookbook and the many wonderful Italian recipes! One exceptional recipe was Luca’s recipe “My Mother’s Meatballs”; it has now become my favourite meatball recipe!
My Favourite Italian Kitchen Meatballs
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 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup Grana Padano cheese grated
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 4 tsp garlic minced
- 2 tbsp white wine
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/3 cup parsley fresh finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest grated
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 ciabatta roll cubed
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp 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.
Looking for another tasty recipe using ground beef? How about trying this great meatloaf recipe Sicilian Meatloaf
Laureen King says
September 5, 2014 at 2:18 pmThanks Jennifer, the rosemary is wonderful in this recipe!
The Kitchener says
September 5, 2014 at 3:36 pmThose 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!
Laureen King says
September 5, 2014 at 5:50 pmSo true, recipes passed down are the best!
Kavita Bokhiria says
September 5, 2014 at 6:15 pmRosemary flavor ,I love it.
Laureen King says
September 5, 2014 at 6:26 pmMe too, and pan frying with rosemary this way gives great flavour without being over powering.