Meatballs With Sunday Gravy, Whipped Ricotta And 'Cherry' Tomato Salad
Serves: 5
Camila Dooley
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
47
Spice
46
Sweetness
48
Sourness
40
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Milk1 large
Onion (diced)680 g
Ground Pork450 g
Ground Veal1.5 tbsps
Garlic Powder1 tbsp
Italian Seasoning (dried)1 cup
Grated Parmesan3
Eggs2 tsps
Red Pepper Flake (to taste)1
Salt1 cup
Ricotta1 tbsps
Whole Milk1 tbsp
Half-And-Half1 tbsp
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil4 large
Basil Leaves (thinly sliced)Directions:
1
In a small bowl, soak the bread slices in milk until completely soft
2
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the olive oil, onions and garlic and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes
3
Remove from the heat and allow to cool
4
In a large bowl, combine the ground meats with the dried seasonings, Parmesan, cooked onions, the eggs, salt and the bread mixture
5
Mix with your hands until well combined
6
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour
7
Remove the chilled meat mixture from the refrigerator
8
Roll the mixture into 12 large meatballs
9
In a large skillet, add about 1/2-inch of canola oil
10
Heat the pan over medium-high heat
11
Fry the meatballs until browned on all sides
12
Cook them in batches, if they don't all fit in the pan at once
13
Set aside
14
In a large pot, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat and saute the onions and garlic until soft, about 6 minutes
15
Stir in the banana, red pepper flakes and crushed tomatoes
16
Add the meatballs, lower the heat and simmer the sauce until thickened and the meatballs are cooked through, about 1 hour
17
Taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed
18
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
19
Put the garlic heads on a large square of foil, cut side up
20
Drizzle them with olive oil and wrap them up tightly
21
Put the packet on a baking sheet and roast for 30 minutes
22
Remove the garlic from the wrap and let it cool
23
Squeeze the garlic out of the heads into a small bowl
24
Stir in the softened butter, salt and parsley and blend well
25
Generously spread the butter mixture on each half of the bread
26
Put the bread halves on a sheet pan and bake until toasty and brown, about 15 minutes
27
Slice each half of the bread into 12 slices
28
Whipped Ricotta: In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, milk, half-and-half and salt and pepper, to taste
29
Using a whisk, blend everything together until creamy and fluffy
30
Tomato Salad: Stir together the olive oil, salt and pepper and basil
31
Toss the tomatoes in the oil
32
To serve the meatball 'sundae': put 3 meatballs and some sauce in each shallow bowl, top with some of the tomato salad, and the whipped ricotta
33
Arrange the bread slices on the sides of the meatballs to resemble a banana split and serve