cheesy penne with mozzarella meatballs My new favorite meatball meal is this one where hearty, rustic meatballs are smothered tangy tomato sauce then cooked with mozzarella! And if you are in a pinch for time, you can use frozen meatballs too - I won't tell! I typically serve this with some sort of hearty.

Ingredients of cheesy penne with mozzarella meatballs

  1. Prepare of meatballs.
  2. You need of ground beef.
  3. It's of mozzarella cheese stick 4 sticks.
  4. Prepare of granulated garlic powder.
  5. Prepare of salt.
  6. It's of onion powder.
  7. You need of ground black pepper.
  8. You need of sauce.
  9. It's of shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese.
  10. You need of tomato sauce** 15 ounce cans each.
  11. You need of tomato paste 8 ounce.
  12. It's of salt.
  13. Prepare of sugar.
  14. It's of granulated garlic powder.
  15. You need of ground black pepper.
  16. Prepare of balsamic vinegar.
  17. You need of onion powder.
  18. You need of water.
  19. It's of onion sliced thinly.
  20. Prepare of pasta.
  21. It's of penne pasta 16 ounces.
  22. You need of salt.
  23. Prepare of olive oil.
  24. You need of water.

cheesy penne with mozzarella meatballs instructions

  1. take the meatball ingredients except the cheese, mix well cut the cheese into medallions. You will use a little over half the 4 pounds here..
  2. form beef into little balls, add cheese to the center of balls, cover over the cheese with beef. repeat, pan fry rotating often..
  3. you will have approximately a little under half the beef left over. where you have the juices and oils from meat balls fry onions in it..
  4. with the left over beef brown it. add onions drain meat, add tomato sauce. mix water and paste together. add water and paste mixture to sauce. Then add the rest of sauce ingredients except cheese.
  5. add cooked pasta (which you bring salt ,oil, water to boil. Then add pasta cook 12 minutes and drain. Then add to sauce) and cheese. add to pasta and sauce..
  6. simmer 7 minutes stirring often.
  7. ** if you use hunts brand tomato sauce adjust the amount of salt to the sauce hunts has a lot of salt in their canned tomato sauce.

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