Serve this hot and don't forget to dot more mozzarella cubes, let it melt and get all gooey. Cheese pulls can be sexy to look at ;)
Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
ingredients:• 24 oz jar Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce
• 1 lb ground beef 80/20
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup Italian bread crumbs
• ¼ whole milk
• ¼ tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp dried basil
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• fresh mozzarella, cubed
• freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano for serving
instructions:
1) Add half of the marinara sauce in a slow cooker then set aside.
2) In a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients except for the cheeses. Gently combine the mixture using your hands, being careful not to overmix.
3) Using a small cookie scoop (2 tsp), scoop out 2 scoops of the meat mixture and put it in your hand. Place a mozzarella in the middle of the mixture then encase it with the meat mixture and gently shape it into a ball. Place finished meatball in the slow cooker. Repeat this process until all the meat mixture is formed into a meatball.
4) Pour the rest of the marinara sauce over the top of the meatballs. Cover and cook on "High" for 1 hour. Then, switch to "Low" and cook for 3 hours.
5) Serve hot with more mozzarella cubes and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano. Serve as an appetizer, over pasta, with garlic bread or in a sub sandwich.
