Polpettone Alla Toscano Or Tuscan Meatballs Recipes

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POLPETTONE ALLA TOSCANO, OR EASY ITALIAN MEATBALLS RECIPE



Polpettone alla Toscano, or Easy Italian Meatballs Recipe image

This easy Italian meatballs recipe is as authentic as they come, straight from a Tuscan grandma. Savory and succulent, you'll dream of them at night.

Provided by Stephanie Stiavetti

Categories     Entree

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 15

1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 cup milk (at room temperature)
1 pound ground beef
1/4 pound prosciutto ((or other bacon or cured pork), chopped fine)
1 large egg (beaten)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup freshly chopped Italian parsley
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese ((get the good stuff - trust me!))
1 cup white flour or gluten-free flour mix
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoon grated carrot
1/4 cup finely minced onion
1/4 cup white wine
2 cups tomato sauce
Parmesan cheese (for garnish)

Steps:

  • Soak the breadcrumbs in milk for five minutes. Strains and squeeze to remove excess milk, then loosen crumbed and spread over a plate.
  • In a large bowl, mix together with the beef, prosciutto, salt, egg, parsley and Parmesan cheese. Mix well with your hands.
  • Moisten your hands with a little water and form the meat into 8 meatballs of the same size. Be sure to pack them well and not leave any openings, otherwise the meatballs will fall apart while cooking. Place the flour into a small bowl and roll the meatballs lightly in the flour until evenly coated.
  • In a large sauté pan with a lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Gently brown meatballs all over, allowing a nice, savory crust to form. Turn the heat to low.
  • To the pan add the carrot and onion. Cook gently just until the vegetables start to brown, then pour in white wine and tomato sauce. Allow to cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes, nudging occasionally with a spatula to keep them from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Gently turn meatballs over, cover the pan, and finish cooking until they are cooked through, about 7 more minutes, again nudging to prevent sticking. If you like, you can remove the meatballs from the pan and continue cooking the sauce, uncovered, until it thickens.
  • Allow meatballs to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Serve meatballs hot, covered with tomato sauce and garnished with parmesan cheese. Also, feel free to serve these bad boys on a sandwich with a little provolone, which is most definitely Italian!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1563 kcal, Carbohydrate 82 g, Protein 75 g, Fat 101 g, SaturatedFat 34 g, Cholesterol 355 mg, Sodium 4611 mg, Fiber 7 g, UnsaturatedFat 57 g, ServingSize 1 serving

POLPETTONE ALLA TOSCANO, OR TUSCAN MEATBALLS RECIPE



Polpettone Alla Toscano, or Tuscan Meatballs Recipe image

In the United States, we have this idea that Italian meatballs are best piled on top of a huge mound of spaghetti noodles.This dish comes from the kind woman who runs the hotel.I should inform you all that American meatballs are missing the necessary addition of cured pork, and that on all of her trips to the states, she had to stop ordering meatballs because they were too bland for her. So, there you go. More bacon!

Provided by Timothy H.

Categories     Meatballs

Time 1h10m

Yield 8 large meatballs

Number Of Ingredients 15

4 cups breadcrumbs
1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
1 lb ground beef
1/4 lb prosciutto, chopped fine
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (get the good stuff ( trust me!)
1 cup white flour
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons grated carrots
1/4 cup finely minced onion
1/4 cup white wine
2 cups tomato sauce
parmesan cheese (to garnish)

Steps:

  • Soak the breadcrumbs in milk for five minutes. Strains and squeeze to remove excess milk, then loosen crumbed and spread over a plate.
  • In a large bowl, mix together with the beef, prosciutto, egg, parsley and Parmesan cheese. Mix well with your hands.
  • Moisten your hands with a little water and form the meat into 8 meatballs of the same size. Be sure to pack them well and not leave any openings, otherwise the meatballs will fall apart while cooking. Place the flour into a small bowl and roll the meatballs lightly in the flour until evenly coated.
  • In a large sauté pan with a lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Gently brown meatballs all over, allowing a nice, savory crust to form. Turn the heat to low.
  • To the pan add the carrot and onion. Cook gently just until the vegetables start to brown, then pour in white wine and tomato sauce. Allow to cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes, nudging occasionally with a spatula to keep them from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Gently turn meatballs over, cover the pan, and finish cooking until they are cooked through, about 7 more minutes, again nudging to prevent sticking. If you like, you can remove the meatballs from the pan and continue cooking the sauce, uncovered, until it thickens.
  • Allow meatballs to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Serve meatballs hot, covered with tomato sauce and garnished with parmesan cheese. Also, feel free to serve these bad boys on a sandwich with a little provolone, which is most definitely Italian!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 508.6, Fat 20.4, SaturatedFat 6, Cholesterol 66.7, Sodium 1112.6, Carbohydrate 56, Fiber 4, Sugar 6.5, Protein 22.8

POLPETTINE - ITALIAN HOUSEWIFE'S MEATBALLS



Polpettine - Italian Housewife's Meatballs image

Zia Tea, my Italian aunt, used to make meat balls when she had left over meat which did mot make another meal for the family. She stuffed it in her meat grinder, ground it and then added raw ground meat. She was not wealthy in terms of money, so she had plenty of fruit, veggies and herbs from her wildly growing garden, but could not afford to buy lots of meat and especially no costly cuts of meat. My mother, studying in Rome during the late 1950s and early 1960s, used to spend her holidays with zia Tea, whose husband worked as a fisher, and they were quite poor but shared everything they had with my mother. The meat they occasionally had was cheap horses' meat and the fish mostly salted codd which lay around in the kitchen cupboard. When I was a child, zia Tea and her husband run a pet store and had some more money, but not much. No more horse meat and salted codd, but some inexpensive beef or pork cuts, thinly sliced turkey or sometimes one of the rabbits from the pet store. Stocking up the left over meat which she ground for polpettine, she used whatever was on sale at the local butcher's, so it was never exactly the same polpettine. But they were the best I ever had in my life! You can use every kind of ground meat you like and adapt the amount of garlic to your taste. She didn't use a lot so that the lemony flavor and the sage and celery were not overwhelmed.

Provided by Mia in Germany

Categories     Meat

Time 40m

Yield 6 , 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 lb ground beef
1 tablespoon lemon, peel of
1 cup breadcrumbs
salt, to taste
1/2 cup celery leaves, chopped
1 tablespoon sage, chopped
1/2 cup milk
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium potato, boiled, chopped
1 egg
oil, for frying

Steps:

  • Chop garlic, celery leaves and potato.
  • In a mixing bowl combine ground meat, bread crumbs, grated lemon peel, salt, chopped garlic, sage and celery leaves, potato, two tablespoons olive oil and the egg.
  • Knead like bread dough and slowly add some milk to make a soft dough.
  • The meat dough should be smooth and homogenous.
  • Shape into 2 inch meatballs, flatten to about 1 1/2 inch thickness and fry in olive oil until golden brown.
  • My aunt served them with a salad of cooked green beans and potatoes, seasoned with nothing but salt, pepper and savory and drizzled with olive oil.

AUTHENTIC ITALIAN MEATBALLS/POLPETTE



Authentic Italian Meatballs/Polpette image

My mom's friend who is Italian gave me a copy of her family cookbook that they had bound and published. It was a wedding shower gift that I treasure. As a newlywed I used this recipe a lot! I've been married 16 years and I make these with spaghetti, for meatball sandwiches, and smaller versions for appetizers to take in a crockpot to parties. Some friends think it is strange to put uncooked meatballs in the sauce, but that's what the recipe says to do. It cooks for a long time, and the meatballs keep their shape. I do not make my own spaghetti sauce. I buy two large jars of Ragu. No one seems to notice, or care!!Always a hit!!! Makes a lot and freezes well.

Provided by janwithaplan

Categories     Meat

Time 2h45m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground pork
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon oregano
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon sweet basil
salt and pepper
spaghetti sauce, enough to cover meatballs

Steps:

  • Mix all ingredients together
  • Form about the size of golf balls
  • Make or pour tomato sauce into a deep pot Drop meat balls in sauce.
  • Simmer for at least 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 305.8, Fat 18.8, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 118.8, Sodium 207.2, Carbohydrate 8.4, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 0.9, Protein 24.1

TUSCAN MEATBALLS



Tuscan Meatballs image

Ground turkey and pasta dish. We love this recipe--is my husband's favorite! Got this recipe from Family Circle magazine a few years ago.

Provided by TashaB

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 1h15m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

10 ounces frozen spinach
1 lb ground turkey
1 egg
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup parmesan cheese
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1 teaspoon garlic salt
black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves
16 ounces spaghetti
3/4 cup white wine
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, to top

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Squeeze water out of spinach.
  • Mix spinach, turkey, egg, bread crumbs, 3/4 cup parmesan, mozzarella, garlic salt and pepper. Form into about 30 meatballs.
  • Heat oil in large frying pan over med-high heat. brown meatballs for 2-3 minutes. Once browned, bake meatballs on baking sheet for about 20 minutes.
  • While meatballs are baking, bring a lightly salted pot of water to a boil and cook spaghetti. Once finished, reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
  • Deglaze meatball pan with white wine. Add butter and garlic & let thicken slightly. Pour over drained spaghetti and toss to coat; add some of reserved pasta water to moisten if needed. Add meatballs. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup parmesan.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 748.1, Fat 29.1, SaturatedFat 12.3, Cholesterol 139.9, Sodium 925.9, Carbohydrate 75, Fiber 5, Sugar 3.6, Protein 40.3

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