Italian Recipe + Bren's Italian Meatballs

The perfect addition to any tomato sauce.

Ingredients

• ½ cup fresh bread crumbs
• ½ cup grated pecorino Romano cheese
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pinch red chili pepper flakes
• 1 egg
• 1 pound lean ground beef

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Toss bread crumbs, Romano cheese, garlic, parsley, black pepper, red pepper, and egg together in a bowl; mix in beef gently with your hands. Form beef mixture into meatballs roughly 1 1/4 inches in diameter; place on the prepared baking sheet.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; turn meatballs and bake until no longer pink at the center, about 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Nutrition Facts

• calories258.2
• carbohydrateContent3.6 g
• cholesterolContent102.6 mg
• fatContent16.8 g
• fiberContent0.2 g
• proteinContent21.8 g
• saturatedFatContent7.3 g
• sodiumContent226.3 mg
• sugarContent0.4 g