Craze-E Turkey Meatballs in Sauce

Submitted by evelynathens

"Very good and very easy meatballs in a delicious mushroom-tomato sauce. The entire family will love this meal - or take it to the office potluck."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 26
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Meatballs

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1⁄2 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 cup minced fresh parsley
• 1⁄3 cup onion, minced
• 1⁄3 cup evaporated milk
• 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 garlic cloves, minced very finely
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper, to taste

• Mushroom-Tomato Sauce

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 lb button mushroom, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup minced onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced very finely
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, pureed
• 1⁄2 cup beef broth (plain water can be used)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper, to taste

• To Plate

• cooked brown rice, or
• egg noodles, or
• pasta
• extra grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Combine all the meatball ingredients in a bowl and mix gently using your (clean) hands so that everything is evenly distributed. Shape mixture into 1-inch meatballs. Set aside.
2. In a saucepan over medium heat, saute mushrooms in olive oil for 5 minutes. Add onion and garlic and cook until softened, 2-3 minutes longer. Add pureed tomatoes, broth or water, herbs and seasoning and bring to boil. Drop in meatballs and cook for 30 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked through and sauce has thickened (do not stir meatballs in sauce for first 5 minutes so that they can firm up). Remove bay leaf.
3. Serve over brown rice or egg noodles or pasta, with extra parmesan cheese.
4. Note: This can also be placed in a casserole dish, rice on bottom, meatballs and sauce on top, and reheated later on.

Reviews

[PaulaG]

A delicious recipe for turkey meatballs. Half a recipe made enough meatballs for 4 people. They were delicious and the instructions were well written. I did not make the sauce this time and substituted a prepared canned sauce. Next time I will try making the sauce as well and maybe increasing it a bit. The meatballs were served over freshly cooked gluten free spaghetti with a salad on the side for a delicious meal. Thanks Evelyn for another great recipe.

 

[Artandkitchen]

Evelyn thanks for your recipe!<br/>We all love meatballs and you recipe is really very tasty! As usual one of the most important things is to use good quality herbs and spices. <br/>We enjoyed it with bulgur, which is perfect the rich tasty sauce.

 

[KristinaEnno]

The sauce is so delicious...next time I will make 1 1/2 x the amount. The meatballs are a bit bland...I'll rethink what to do to add a bit of extra pep....but overall a delicious and easy to make dish.

 

[COOKGIRl]

Evelyn-this was very easy to prepare and delicious. The sauce and meatballs were served over fresh spaghettini from a local source and garnished with a light grating of myzithra and fresh basil ribbons. My only complaint is that in Step #2 it does not indicate what temperature to cook the meatballs and if the pan should be covered. The leftovers will be reheated in a casserole dish as suggested in your directions. Thank you! It was all things considered, a success!

 

[Chef1MOM-Connie]

Made this recipe for CraZe Contest 2009. I very much enjoyed this recipe. I like the low fat of the turkey and the method to cook in the sauce. I also used the sauce recipe as directed minus the mushrooms. (we do not eat them). Otherwise followed directions as written. I did thin the sauce a bit with water as it came out quite thick , servred over wheat rotini noodles. The remainder fo the sauce and meatballs were put into a small casserole dish over partially cooked rotini noodles and frozen for a future dinner. YUMMY and good luck.