Mozarella Stuffed Meatballs
A well seasoned meatball in pasta sauce with a gooey mozarella cheese core.
Servings: 24 meatballs
Calories: 320kcal
Cost: €7
Equipment
- Magic Bullet or Blender
- Baking dish
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 600 grams ground beef Alternatively can use ground pork, half pork/beef or even ground chicken if looking for a healthier alternative.
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 onion medium to large
- 1 bell pepper I prefer red, orange or yellow for sweeter flavor
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (optional)
- salt/pepper to taste
- 1 egg large
- Mozarella cheese cut into 24 1x1cm cubes
- 1 pkg pasta sauce
- 250 grams grated or shredded cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 205 degrees celcius or 400 degrees f
- Using magic bullet or blender, blend the garlic, onion and bell pepper together.
- Then in a mixing bowl, add the ground meat, blended mix from 1st step, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, egg and seasonings and mix well.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out balls of the mixed meat, and then push a 1x1cm mozarella cube into the center of the meatball. Make sure the cheese is completely covered.
- Place each meatball in baking dish.
- Once all of the balls have been made, place in oven for 10 minutes
- Remove dish from oven, and then pour over the pasta sauce and cover everything with the grated/shredded cheese. Return to oven for remaining 10 minutes. It may sometimes take longer for the cheese to melt. I would recommend a total of 20-25 minutes (10 with just the meatballs, and then 10-15 with pasta sauce and cheese top).Warning!! For those on a diet, don't add cheese over the pasta sauce. The extra cheese makes it a very heavy dish. A leaner version is to just add the pasta sauce (make sure to cover each meatball with sauce) and then stick back in oven.
- Serve warm/hot over spagetti and enjoy.
