Meatball Sliders
Meatball Slider
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: sandwiches
Ingredients
- 18 slider buns
- 18 ounces pizza sauce
- 18 basil leaves
- 18 large shaved Parmesan pieces
- 18 homemade meatballs (recipe follows).
Instructions
- Open each slider bun.
- Add a meatball to each bun, then top each meatball with one ounce of sauce, one basil leaf and Parmesan.
- Serve.
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House-made Meatballs
Meatball Slider
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: appetizer
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup cubed day-old Italian bread
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon each dried oregano and dried basil, crumbled
- ¼ cup minced flat-leaf parsley
- ¼ cup grated Romano cheese
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the pork and beef.
- In another bowl, soak the bread in the milk until it is saturated.
- Squeeze the bread and drain off excessive milk.
- Tear the bread into small pieces and add it to the meat.
- Add the remaining ingredients.
- Mix thoroughly and form into 11/2-inch round meatballs.
- Arrange the meatballs on a sheet pan fitted out with a drain tray (or use a spray-coated pizza screen).
- Bake the meatballs until cooked through.
- Set aside. (Can be prepped ahead and held, covered, refrigerated, for up to four days. Or frozen.)
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