Meatballs stuffed with Mozzarella

By cam_46

These meatballs are slow cooked... so easy and so good!! They are great for meatball hoagies or spaghetti and meatball dinners.

Ingredients

• 3/4 # ground beef
• 3/4 # ground pork
• 1 C seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/2 C parmesan
• 4 mozzarella cheese sticks, each cut into 6-8 small pieces
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 teas Italian seasoning
• 1 teas onion powder
• salt & pepper to taste
• marinara sauce, homemade or store bought (enough to cook with the meatballs and extra for meatball hoagie.

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine ground beef & pork with breadcrumbs, parmesan, egg & egg yolk, Italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic & salt & pepper.

Use your hands to mix everything together until combined.

Take a small handful of meat (2-3 Tbls) and roll it into a ball. Flatten the ball and place 1 cube of mozzarella cheese in the center.

Form meat into a round ball around the cheese, then repeat with remaining meat and cheese cubes.

Place all cheese-stuffed meatballs in the slow cooker, add marinara then cover and cook on HIGH for about 2 hours or LOW for about 3-4 hours or until the meatballs are cooked all the way through.