Cheesy Meatball Bake
Beef and Italian sausage meatballs baked in fire-roasted tomato sauce with mozzarella and Parmesan.
From Alexa's kitchen- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 4
Method
Mix all the meatball ingredients together in a bowl. You can prepare the mixture ahead and refrigerate it until ready to cook.
With wet hands, shape into meatballs about 1 inch across.
Drizzle oil in a skillet and sear the meatballs until browned on the outside. They will finish cooking in the oven. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
Heat the oven to 375°F.
Wipe most of the grease from the pan. Add the marinara ingredients and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Blend the sauce with an immersion blender or carefully transfer it to a blender, then return it to the pan if needed.
In an oven-safe baking dish, layer sauce, meatballs, more sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan.
Cover with foil and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through.
Serve over pasta, in rolls for meatball subs, or on their own. Finish with basil if desired.
- meatballs
- beef
- dinner
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Cheesy Meatball Bake
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1 lb ground beef
- ½ yellow onion, grated
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp chopped basil
- ½ cup breadcrumbs (I used Kinder’s Parmesan Garlic)
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 4 garlic cloves, pressed
- Salt and black pepper
- Oil, amount to confirm
Marinara
- 2 cans crushed fire-roasted tomatoes (16 oz each)
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp parsley or basil
- Salt, to taste
Toppings and serving
- Mozzarella
- Parmesan
- Basil
- Pasta or rolls, optional
Method
- Mix all the meatball ingredients together in a bowl. You can prepare the mixture ahead and refrigerate it until ready to cook.
- With wet hands, shape into meatballs about 1 inch across.
- Drizzle oil in a skillet and sear the meatballs until browned on the outside. They will finish cooking in the oven. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Heat the oven to 375°F.
- Wipe most of the grease from the pan. Add the marinara ingredients and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Blend the sauce with an immersion blender or carefully transfer it to a blender, then return it to the pan if needed.
- In an oven-safe baking dish, layer sauce, meatballs, more sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan.
- Cover with foil and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through.
- Serve over pasta, in rolls for meatball subs, or on their own. Finish with basil if desired.