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A hand with purple-painted nails lifts a cheesy, baked meatball from a casserole dish filled with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and garnished with chopped herbs.
Melissa Jo

Melissa Jo’s Meatball Casserole

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Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lbs ground beef
  • 6-7 cloves of chopped garlic
  • 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 chopped onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 cup grated pecorino romano cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp of salt 1 tsp. of cracked black peeps
  • 15.5 oz. jar of marinara sauce or homemade
  • 2 cups of freshly shredded mozzarella
  • garnish: cracked black pepper and chopped fresh parsley
  • Nonstick spray or butter to grease the casserole dish

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
  2. To a large bowl combine the ground beef, onion, garlic, parsley, breadcrumbs, pecorino Romano, eggs, and salt & pepper.
  3. Mix with your hands, but just until combined. Don't over mix!
  4. Roll them into 1 & 1/2 inch meatballs and place into a greased casserole dish.
  5. Top the meatballs with the jar of sauce (or homemade sauce)
  6. Top with freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
  7. garnish with cracked black pepper and fresh parlsey
  8. Bake covered tightly at 375 degrees F. for 25 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven and uncover (remove the foil)
  10. Put the meatball casserole back into the oven uncovered at the same temperature for another 15 minutes or until the cheese is melty and bubbly
  11. Serve with pasta and enjoy!

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