Italian Meatballs

Ingredients

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  ⅓ cup or 36g

• Lowfat milk

  Fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  ½ cup or 122g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  1 lb or 453g

• Ground pork

  Fresh, raw

  16 oz or 452g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ½ cup or 30g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Salt

  Table

  2 tsp or 12g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 tsp or 2g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  ½ tsp or 0.2g

• Italian Seasoning

  Shoppers Value

  1 tsp or 4g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  2 tbsp or 10g

Directions

1. Cover a baking sheet with foil and lightly spray with cooking spray. Soak bread crumbs in milk for 20 minutes.
2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onions until translucent, about 5-10 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine beef and pork. Add onions, bread crumb mixture, egg, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, and Parmesan cheese. Mix until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
4. Preheat oven to 425°F.
5. With wet hands, form the meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 15 to 20 minutes.

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