Yaya's Beef Meatballs Recipe by Schweid & Sons and George Motz

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated mozzarella

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats are a healthier binder, while crushed crackers are often cheaper.

Saute diced onions in 4 tablespoons of butter until translucent.

In a large bowl, combine bread crumbs and half and half.

Add the cooled onions and butter to the bread crumb mixture.

Taste the mixture to ensure it's salty enough, adding salt if necessary.

For every pound of beef, add one egg; since using 2 pounds of beef, add 2 eggs.

Add the ground beef to the mixture.

Add grated parmesan cheese to the mixture.

Mix the ingredients together using your hands until well combined.

Form the mixture into meatballs, the size is up to you, but larger balls are preferred.

To make the sauce, sauté 6 cloves of garlic for about 1 minute until fragrant, but do not brown.

Add canned tomatoes to the pan with the garlic and let it simmer for about 5 minutes.

Transfer the mixture to a blender to emulsify the oil and tomatoes together.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Place the meatballs in the oven and cook for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, add the meatballs to the sauce and let them simmer together.

Taste the sauce for salt and adjust if necessary.

Cooking Techniques

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