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

  Sweet, raw

  1 onion or 331g

• 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 spray lightly with cooking spray. Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 5-10 minutes.
3. Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, Italian herb seasoning, and Parmesan cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
4. Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F.
5. Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Recipe inspired by: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/220854/chef-johns-italian-meatballs/