Italian Meatballs with Red Sauce
Cooking Steps
Meatballs
1 lb. Fresh Pork Italian Sausage
1 lb. Grass Fed Ground Beef
3 oz. Parmesan, Asiago, Romano Shredded Cheese Blend
1 Large Organic Egg
Directions
1. Throw all sauce ingredients into high speed blender and blend on high for one minute (if you have a Vitamix with the soup variable like I do you can skip step 2).
2. Pour sauce into saucepan, bring to boil then reduce heat to simmer while meatballs bake.
3. In a bowl, mix together pork, beef, cheese and eggs with your hands.
4. Roll into 2 oz. balls and place each meatball into muffin tin.
5. Bake at 375°F for 22 minutes or until internal temp is 160°F.
6. Plate meatballs, smother in sauce, top with fresh or dried basil and a sprinkle of cheese.
*I have gotten a few questions on the stevia added to the sauce and whether or not /it is necessary. For my taste buds, I agree, the stevia is not necessary. However, I have a very picky 17 yr. old who will only eat spaghetti sauce that “grandpa” makes; doctored up Ragu, which is rather sweet. I convinved him to try the sauce and told him it was better than grandpa’s. He reluctantly did and ate two plates of meatballs smothered in sauce. Now, I don’t usually cater to either of our teenage boys. In our house, if you don’t like what I make then you make your own, however, I really wanted to sit down as a family without complaints and have a meal together.
Serves 4
20 Minutes
This is a Dairy Recipe
Ingredients
- (2) 14.5 oz. Cans Muir Glen Organic Diced Tomatoes with Basil and Garlic
- 5 Tbsp. Bionaturae Organic Tomato Paste
- 1 tsp. Celtic Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
- 1 tsp. Dried Basil
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 1/2 tsp. Oregano
- 2 pkts. NuNaturals No Carbs Blend Stevia Packets (optional, see note below)
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Made this tonight (though I used my own red sauce, and used only the beef, since I had no pork). I put the meatballs into a mini-muffin tin, and they cooked perfectly! Loved it!
Did this over two nights. Prepped the sauce and did the meatballs in the muffin tin and put it all in the fridge on night one. I then got the sauce heated while the meatballs baked and did up some spaghetti squash on night two. Took about 30 minutes for everything on night two.
Didn’t use the stevia… I like my sauce less sweet and more tangy, and the organic tomatoes added plenty of sweetness!
OK so when was CHEESE of any dairy variety added to the paleo diet? I will skip the dairy CHEESE portion of this one and give it a try, with minced garlic as a flavor substitute . Sorry guys.
Jerry, we cater to both paleo and primal folks. On a primal diet people add dairy products like raw milk, heavy cream, butter, and cheese to their diet.