Italian Meatballs

Serves 12
Ingredients
  • 3 lb ground beef
  • 2 lb ground pork
  • ¾ cup plain bread crumbs
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • ⅔ bunch fresh parsley, chopped
  • 7 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 4 tsp salt
  • 3 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1½ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2½ Tbsp dried oregano
  • 2½ Tbsp dried basil
Directions
  1. Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
  2. Soak bread crumbs in milk in a small bowl for 20 minutes.
  3. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onions in hot oil until translucent, about 20 minutes.
  4. Mix beef and pork together in a large bowl. Stir onions, bread crumb mixture, eggs, parsley, garlic, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, oregano, basil and Parmesan cheese into meat mixture with a rubber spatula until combined. Cover and refrigerate for about one hour.
  5. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F.
  6. Using wet hands, form meat mixture into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.