Stuffed Meatballs with Marinara Dipping Sauce

Enjoy this farm to table fresh recipe, a cheese stuffed meatball flavored with leeks, carrots and Italian seasoning. Served with a fresh ripe tomato marinara dipping sauce. Serve as the perfect appetizer at any gathering, or top off spaghetti for a family recipe sure to please everyone.

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Prep Time 7

Cook Time 30

Total Time 37

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings

Ingredients

Meatballs

2 lb ground beef
1/2 lb cheese curds
1 egg
2 cloves fresh garlic
1/2 cup carrots diced
1/4 cup leeks diced
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp basil
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp black pepper

Fresh Marinara Dipping Sauce

4 tomatoes quartered
1/4 cup leeks
4 cloves garlic halved
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp basil
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup broth

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375
Add all of the marinara dipping sauce ingredients into a small pot onto the stovetop and bring to a boil. Once boiling simmer while you make the meatballs.
While your marinara dipping sauce simmers. Add all the meatball ingredients, except the cheese curds, into a bowl and mix together.
Scoop out some of your meatball mixture and form a cup like shape. Add a cheese curd into the indent and close meatball around cheese curd. Do this until all your meatball mixture is used up.
Baked meatballs in oven for 15-18 minutes depending on size. (Mine were about 2 inches across and took about 18 minutes.)
Your marinara sauce should still be simmering.
When your meatballs are done, remove from the oven and set aside to cool. Remove your marinara sauce from the stove top, let cool for a few minutes and blend.
You did it! Serve your meatballs with the dipping sauce and enjoy!

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