Bren's Italian Meatballs recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup fresh bread crumbs
½ cup grated pecorino Romano cheese
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pinch red chili pepper flakes
1 egg
1 pound lean ground beef

Nutrition Info

258.2 calories
carbohydrate: 3.6 g
cholesterol: 102.6 mg
fat: 16.8 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 21.8 g
saturatedFat: 7.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 226.3 mg
sugar: 0.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Toss bread crumbs, Romano cheese, garlic, parsley, black pepper, red pepper, and egg together in a bowl, mix in beef gently with your hands. Form beef mixture into meatballs roughly 1 1/4 inches in diameter, place on the prepared baking sheet.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, turn meatballs and bake until no longer pink at the center, about 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Recipe Yield

25 meatballs

Recipe Note

The perfect addition to any tomato sauce.

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