Old World Style Italian Turkey Meatballs

FarahC's Note:

These are soft,flavorful cheesy meatballs.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 lb ground turkey (or 1/2 lb ground italian pork sausage,and 1/2 lb ground sirloin)
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 large egg , beaten
• ¾ cup of white unseasoned breadcrumbs
• ½ cup water
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• ½ cup parmesan cheese , grated
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 2 teaspoons olive oil

Directions:

1. Mix everything together, and form into golf ball size meatballs, or smaller if thats to your liking. Slowly drop meatballs into my old world Italian spaghetti sauce recipe #139406 when it reaches a slow simmer (about 1/2 hour into cooking time) Be sure to stir slowly and often so meatballs don't stick and crumble in the pot.

Reviews

[scottyevil]

These are excellent! I'm not a big fan of ground turkey, but I wanted to give these a try. I doubled the recipe and I used milk instead of water. I baked them in the oven at 350 for 25 minutes and they turned out perfectly. I made meatball sandwiches the first night, and then spaghetti with meatballs the second night with marinara sauce. These were a big hit. I will be making these again! Thanks for the great recipe!

[burgerbitz]

This recipe is outstanding! I have an awful time trying to make ground turkey tasty. This recipe is so flavorful, that if I hadn't made them myself, I wouldn't believe they're made from turkey! I followed the recipe except that I used Italian seasoning in place of the basil & oregano. I did use the water called for and the breadcrumbs soaked it right up, so there was no probelm with them being too wet to handle. I made 12 meatballs and baked them on a non-stick rack on a cookie sheet for about 45 minutes. I'm going to freeze them and just take them out when needed. I'm just thrilled to have found this recipe!

[seoulgirl71]

These were delicious and a must keep recipe for my family. They were so flavorful that you couldn't even tell they were turkey. The only change I did was use 1/4 c of milk instead of water and baked it for 25-30 mins at 350 before putting them into the sauce.