Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, tender ricotta meatballs/meatloaf. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tender ricotta meatballs/meatloaf using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tender Ricotta Meatballs/Meatloaf:
- Take 2 tbsp Olive oil
- Prepare 2 lb Meat. i use a mixture of veal, and lean ground beef
- Make ready 1 cup ricotta
- Make ready 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Take 1/2 cup of tomatoe sauce of your choice
- Prepare 1 salt & pepper to taste.
- Prepare 1/2 large red or yellow onion, or one whole small onion
- Make ready 2/3 cup tomatoe paste, use to spread on the outside halfway through cooking if making meatloaf only.
- Make ready 1 large shredded or finely dice carrot
- Take 8 8+ cloves of garlic, depends on your liking i usually do 10.
Let's see if I can keep it going. I can't remember where I first tasted this meatloaf, but when I started looking around for ways to incorporate ricotta. The best way to do this is with your hands, so if the meats are brought almost to room temp, it will be easier and not quite such a shock to tender fingers. Carefully place the rest of the meatloaf mix around and over the top of the ricotta.
Instructions to make Tender Ricotta Meatballs/Meatloaf:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Heat oil, sauteed garlic until golden, be sure not to burn. Transfer to plate, and mash to render flavor while cooking. . Add onion, Saute until clear. Add carrots cook until soft
- In a big mixing bowl combine meats with sauteed veggies, eggs, parsley, garlic, tomatoe sauce, cheeses, and season with salt & pepper don't overwork the meat, just mix until blended.
- Shape into meatballs, or if making meatloaf, shape into a loaf.
- If making meatballs, and sauce place in sauce upon simmering point. To bake roll into meatballs, bake for 20-30 mins. Test after 20 mins. For meat loaf cook until internal temp is 160, usually takes an hour. If you wish to use tomatoe paste on meatloaf, coat after 30 mins.
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