Provolone Meatball Sliders Recipes

MEATBALL-STUFFED GARLIC BREAD SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and 2 cloves garlic; cook and stir until onion is soft, about 5 minutes.
• Place beef in a large bowl. Add onion-garlic mixture, parsley, egg, bread crumbs, and 1 large handful of fontina cheese, reserving the rest for topping. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Mix by hand until just combined. Scoop meat mixture into 24 mini muffin cups; meatballs need not be perfectly round.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the centers, about 12 minutes. Leave oven on. Let meatballs cool briefly while you make the garlic butter.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add remaining minced garlic once butter starts to bubble; stir, then immediately remove from heat. Stir well and set aside.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; coat foil with remaining olive oil. Transfer rolls, still attached, to the baking sheet. Cut a hole in the top of each roll, about 2/3 of the way down. Brush garlic butter over the insides and outsides of the rolls.
• Bake until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Pour about 1 tablespoon tomato sauce into each hole. Stuff meatballs into the holes. Top each roll with a spoonful of tomato sauce and remaining fontina cheese. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Continue baking until cheese is melted, 12 to 15 minutes. Garnish with more parsley. Let rolls sit for 5 to 10 minutes to firm up; transfer to a serving platter.

PROVOLONE MEATBALL SLIDERS

Steps:

• Combine ground meats with egg, BelGioioso Romano, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in mixing bowl. Blend in breadcrumbs. Slowly add water, mixing until moist. Shape meatball mixture into 2-ounce patties. Refrigerate patties until ready to cook.
• Grill or pan-grill meatball burgers over medium heat on lightly oiled grill. Cook thoroughly on each side. Add 1 slice of cheese, halved to fit, atop each burger. Cook 1 minute longer to melt cheese. Toast bread, cut side down on grill. Serve each cheeseburger with 2 tablespoons grilled onions and 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes.

PORK SAUSAGE AND PROVOLONE SLIDERS

Steps:

• Drizzle a baking dish with some oil. Set aside. Preheat a double-burner cast-iron griddle over medium-high heat.
• Add the fennel seeds, ground pepper and crushed red pepper to a high-sided saute pan and toast over medium heat, about 3 minutes. Add the toasted spices to a mortar and pestle and grind until ground. Add this spice mixture to a medium bowl with the ground pork. Add the parsley and provolone to the bowl and gently but thoroughly combine. Form into 1 1/3-ounce meatballs (or 12 portions) and add to the greased baking dish. Once all the meatballs are formed, with greased hands, individually smash the meatballs in your hand and directly add to the preheated griddle. Cook until charred on both sides, about 5 minutes total. Repeat with the remaining meatballs.
• Add the cooked patties to the toasted rolls and top each patty with pickled onions. Enjoy!