Polpettone ~ Cheese Stuffed Meatballs

Polpettone! Cheese Stuffed Meatballs

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Get ready for pure indulgence and a very full belly! Polpettone are giant cheese stuffed and breaded meatballs! They're easy to make and delicious to eat!

Ingredients:

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Prep Ingredients

Dice the onion. Mince the garlic. Measure out the other ingredients. Get the Recipe

Mix the beef

In a large mixing bowl, add the ground beef, onion, garlic, 1 cup breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, eggs, salt, and pepper. Using your hands, mix to completely combine all of the ingredients. Get the Recipe

Make patties

Divide the mixture in half in the bowl and then divide each half into thirds, so that you can make sure to get 3 patties from each half, for a total of 6. Take one of the 6 sections of beef and form it into a 1-in thick patty. Get the Recipe

Stuff with Cheese

Place mozzarella cheese in the center of the patty and then gently fold the sides of the patty up around the cheese so you can no longer see any of the cheese. Get the Recipe

Bread & bake

Press each patty in the breadcrumbs, oregano, salt and pepper. Place on an oiled sheet pan. Spray with oil and bake. Get the Recipe

Heat the sauce

Heat the tomato sauce and then serve the polpettone in the sauce. Get the Recipe