Ina Garten's Roasted Italian Meatballs | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
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Ina makes her delicious sirloin, pork and veal meatballs and serves them over a creamy parmesan polenta!
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Need some help from my fellow ina fans. I don’t have easy access to veal. Should I replace with more ground beef or more ground pork?
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Why why why do people cook tiny meatballs for 30 to 40 minutes at 400F???? They're fully cooked in 15. 450 gives better browning.
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Roasted Italian Meatballs
The meatballs , always the meatballs . It keeps the Bosses happy .
RECIPE COURTESY OF INA GARTEN
Level: Easy
Not everyone likes wine
Total: 1 hr
Active: 20 min
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meatballs and Garlic mashed potatoes!
Yield: 10 servings (30 to 32 meatballs)
Ingredients
Supposedly Taylor Swift loves this recipe and it’s one of her favorite things she likes to cook
1 pound ground sirloin
1/2 pound ground pork
One of my favorite sayings when following any recipe is "Double the garlic." 😆
1/2 pound ground veal
1 3/4 cups dry seasoned bread crumbs
Oooh so divine I love this recipe
1/2 cup freshly ground Italian Pecorino cheese (2 ounces)
1/2 cup freshly ground Italian Parmesan cheese (2 ounces), plus extra for serving
How mixed,, order of ingredients
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Love this recipe Ina❤ Just enough for my husband and me!!
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
Superb!
3/4 cup dry red wine, such as Chianti
1/4 cup good olive oil
01/27/2025
2 (32-ounce) jars good marinara sauce, such as Rao's
Creamy Parmesan Polenta (recipe follows) or cooked spaghetti, for serving
Asiago, Ina. Que Bella!~
Creamy Parmesan Polenta:
4 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
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2 teaspoons minced garlic (2 cloves)
1 cup yellow cornmeal, preferably stone-ground
Funsters? 😂
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Yum
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for serving
1/2 cup creme fraiche
You really don’t need the veal!!! I make amazing meatballs and never use veal! And I really think she’s an overrated self taught chef!
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
Directions
When I make a big batch of meatballs I make pasta and salad and serve bread. Some Italian sausage as well. Especially with guests!
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
Place the sirloin, pork, and veal in a large mixing bowl and lightly break up the meats with a fork and your fingertips. Add the bread crumbs, Pecorino, Parmesan, garlic, parsley, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Add the eggs, wine, and 3/4 cup water and combine lightly but thoroughly.
I’ve been cooking this recipe for years, only I fry
Measure out 2-ounce portions of the mixture (I use a rounded 1 3/4-inch ice cream scoop) and roll each lightly into a ball. Place one inch apart on the prepared sheet pans. Brush the meatballs with the olive oil.
Bake the meatballs for 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly browned. Pour the marinara into a large pot and bring to a simmer. Carefully add the meatballs and simmer for 10 minutes, until heated through.
No pork please
To serve with polenta, spoon a puddle of creamy Parmesan polenta on one side of each dinner plate. Spoon 1 or 2 meatballs plus a puddle of tomato sauce on the other side, allowing them to combine in the center of the plate. To serve with spaghetti, distribute among shallow pasta bowls. Spoon the meatballs and sauce onto the pasta. Sprinkle with extra Parmesan and serve hot.
Creamy Parmesan Polenta:
I can't wait to try this recipe ❤❤❤
Yield: 6 servings
Place the chicken stock in a large saucepan. Add the garlic and cook over medium-high heat until the stock comes to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and very slowly whisk in the cornmeal, whisking constantly to make sure there are no lumps. Switch to a wooden spoon, add the salt and pepper, and simmer, stirring almost constantly, for 10 minutes, until thick. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the pan thoroughly while you're stirring. Off the heat, stir in the Parmesan, creme fraiche, and butter. Taste for seasonings and serve hot with extra Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top.
Made these last night for an event, they were a huge hit and the entire crock pot was cleaned out. I added more garlic and parsley. Thanks for posting!
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Hmm let's see every meat comes from the butchershop. She is not against cheap meats is she?
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Why water…? Why not milk or half and half ????
Ina Garten's Roasted Italian Meatballs | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
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How can you say Italian when adding egg, traditional they don't use eggs at all. People are so easily fooled these days, they all think in the last 30/20 years eggs being normal in meatballs, while traditionally they were never used. no1 fault rly, as recipes gets passed from mother to children, but somewhere it went wrong, eggs should never be used in meatballs, as that's not the original a century back., dig people, food today is more poison then good, go back a 100 years and see how it went, you`ll be surprised how crazy we cook today
More User Perspectives
Ina You are Hired yummos
@mattieice2988Ina be like “I smell meatballs” 😅
@TheXtrini2dbonexGOOD recipe my ITALIAN wife says ,but she says ADD MORE GARLIC
@joemccarthy4532I don't think she watches that nasty dude that goes to restaurants that causes lots and lots of Chaos and hurts their feelings so he can be a big shot causing their embarrassment cuz his Mentor knew how thick he was and had to drill things into him. This smooth chef we're watching has a similar speech pattern with short comments.
@ToddSloanIAANI love how Ina says tomato
@frescazzz7536Can you please give a substitute for wine?
@kellyszymanski978I'm so triggered you have sweaters over your shirts. It screams for George Carlin to rip you a new one.
@TribalexOfficialNo basill or oregano?
@DaveOriginallyfromBrooklynYou don’t need wine for meatballs
@JLPerryTVThis is my favourite meatball recipe, full of beautiful flavour. I made them a day ahead and easy to put together dinner. My friends just loved them. Thanks Ina
@meremokoraka3606Serving sauce from a jar to guests. Lame
@michaelmcclure9350You can drink the rest
@5ll3xhi mark
@markcombrinck-hertz3649hi mark
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@markcombrinck-hertz3649Jeffery looks how you doing
@bobz9598When polenta was served, I almost fell out of my chair. I love mashed potatoes with marinara dishes and could totally relate.
@jeffbartholomew1152my childhood
@ReflectingonReflectionIna…if you replace the water with milk, you will be very surprised with the difference! The meatballs will be so soft and the marinara is absorbed by the meatball. Try it!
@maryellenboudria1172"Puddle of polenta" hahaha
@daviddye6558Love you Ina!
@talisupernova