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The best old-school Sunday Italian meatballs recipe from my Italian grandma! Use ground beef, pork and fresh breadcrumbs for juicy meatballs.

Kayla Dunn saved to Recipes
Juicy homemade meatballs are make-ahead, freezer friendly, and perfect for meal prep. This meatball recipe can be baked or sauteed and served so many ways.

Dianne Fritschler saved to Meats
These oven-baked Italian meatballs are incredibly tender and juicy, with irresistible flavors that will have you craving for more. Made with ground beef, onion, garlic, parmesan cheese, and parsley, these meatballs are seasoned to perfection, ready to be served with your favorite sauce in less than 30 minutes!
Serve these Easy Italian Meatballs over spaghetti for a comforting, family-approved dinner. This is the best recipe you'll ever make!
These truly are the best Italian Meatballs. My Italian grandmother's recipe, the word perfect doesn't even begin to cover it. Check out the reviews on this recipe, your family will be sure to fall in love.

Teresa Mcclennen saved to Recipes
Juicy, flavorful Italian meatballs bathed in rich marinara, smothered in mozzarella and Parmesan and baked to golden cheesy deliciousness!
These easy baked Italian Meatballs are the whole comfort food package! They're juicy, tender, and bursting with Italian flavors.

Denise Fizer saved to Food
1 · 45 minutes · Polpette Al Sugo or classic Italian Meatballs are soft, juicy bite-size nuggets cooked to perfection in rich tomato sauce.
13 ingredients
Meat
- • 1 lb Ground beef
Produce
- • 1 Basil, Fresh leaves
- • 2 Garlic cloves
- • 1 Oregano, Dried
- • 1 Shallot
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs, small
Canned Goods
- • 2 cups Tomato puree
Baking & Spices
- • 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- • 2 Salt
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1 Olive oil, Extra virgin
Bread & Baked Goods
- • 2 tbsp Breadcrumbs
Dairy
- • 1/4 cup Milk + more
- • 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Rita Sherman saved to Italian
Try making this traditional Italian recipe for meatballs with marinara sauce. They're are lots of tips for making the perfect meatballs.
18 ingredients
Meat
- • 1 1/2 lbs Ground beef
- • 1/4 lb Ground pork
- • 1/4 lb Veal, ground
Produce
- • 12 Basil, leaves fresh
- • 7 cloves Garlic
- • 1 1/2 tbsp Italian parsley
- • 6 tbsp Onion
- • 1 Pinch Oregano, dried
- • 4 28-ounce cans Tomatoes with basil, whole
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs
Baking & Spices
- • 1 Pepper, Freshly ground
- • 1 Salt, Coarse
- • 1 Salt and pepper
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1/2 cup Olive oil
- • 2 cups Vegetable oil
Bread & Baked Goods
- • 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs, plain
Dairy
- • 1 1/4 cups Pecorino romano cheese, grated
Liquids
- • 1/2 cup Water

Joanie Simon saved to Meatball Recipes
2 · 75 minutes · There are tons of 'classic' Italian 'marinara'gravy' or sauce recipes out there. FYI- (inside info here-) "you can stick 10 guineas in a kitchen all making their own sauce, following the 'same' recipe- and it will inevitably come out tasting different. All spouses, kids, etc become accustomed to (their own families) unique flavor. Which is why at a get together- we can always tell "WHO MADE THE SAUCE". This recipe is the premier 'basic" traditional (southern) recipe, 5 generations old, from…
20 ingredients
Meat
- • 2 package(s) Beef braciole
- • 1 lb Ground beef
- • 1 lb Ground pork
- • 2 package(s) Italian sweet sausage
- • 1 lb Veal, ground
Produce
- • 1/2 cup Basil, fresh
- • 1/2 cup Parsley, fresh
- • 3 can(s) Tomatoes
- • 1 Vidalia onion, large
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs
Canned Goods
- • 1 small 2 can(s) small cans Tomato paste
- • 3 can(s) Tomato puree
Baking & Spices
- • 1 pinch(es) Nutmeg
- • 1 Salt and pepper
- • 1/2 cup Sugar
- • 3 tbsp Type basic italian seasoning
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1 Olive oil., good quality
Bread & Baked Goods
- • 1 cup Italian flavored breadcrumbs, good
Dairy
- • 3/4 cup Milk
Liquids
- • 2 can(s) Water
David Stauffer saved to ITALIAN