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Homemade Italian Meatballs recipe for a crowd

Homemade Italian Meatballs Recipe for a Crowd


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Description

Here is an excellent recipe for a crowd who loves meatball sandwiches.


Ingredients

  • 5 lb meatball or meatloaf mix
  • 10 Tbsp Romano grated cheese
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 5 cups of breadcrumbs (seasoned) If you can find the course chopped ones mix them with the fine breadcrumbs
  • 3 Tbsp parsley (dried)
  • 10 eggs scrambled
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 6-8 cups or to cover the meatballs - HOMEMADE tomato sauce (Affiliate Link) or bottled tomato sauce (Affiliate Link)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Scramble eggs then add rest of the ingredients to a large bowl.
  3. Mix well and roll into 1 1 1/2 inch balls. Add to a parchment covered cookie sheet (Affiliate Link). This will make 35 meatballs per cookie sheet (Affiliate Link). They don't need a lot of separation.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes. Turn each meatball over at the 15 minutes mark. Since you will probably be adding them to sauce in a slow cooker (Affiliate Link), you don't want to overcook them. They will get dry.
  5. Transfer the meatballs to a plate to cool to room temperature.
  6. Add the next batch of meatballs to the cookie sheet (Affiliate Link) to cook. Repeat this process until you are finished the mixture.
  7. Then, place on a wax paper lined cleaned cookie sheet (Affiliate Link) and add the cool meatballs. Freeze for 1 - 2 hours. Then transfer to one or two plastic freezer bags.
  8. When you are ready to eat them, add to your favorite sauce or try my homemade tomato sauce (Affiliate Link) recipe.
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Category: meatballs
  • Method: oven baking
  • Cuisine: italian

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 meatball
  • Calories: 79.81 kcal
  • Sugar: 0.81 g
  • Sodium: 126.56 mg
  • Fat: 4.84 g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.85 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.24 g
  • Carbohydrates: 4.1 g
  • Fiber: 0.43 g
  • Protein: 4.79 g
  • Cholesterol: 28.05 mg