cheesy penne with mozzarella meatballs

Name: cheesy penne with mozzarella meatballs
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 lb ground beef; 3 oz mozzarella cheese stick 4 sticks; 2 tbsp granulated garlic powder; 2 tsp salt; 2 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese; 3 can tomato sauce** 15 ounce cans each; 1 can tomato paste 8 ounce; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 cup sugar; 2 tbsp granulated garlic powder; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 tsp onion powder; 8 oz water; 1 small onion sliced thinly; 1 box penne pasta 16 ounces; 2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp olive oil; 6 cup water

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

very yummy

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

very yummy

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Ingredients

8 servings

meatballs
4 lbground beef
3 ozmozzarella cheese stick 4 sticks
2 tbspgranulated garlic powder
2 tspsalt
2 tsponion powder
1 tspground black pepper
sauce
1 cupshredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
3 cantomato sauce** 15 ounce cans each
1 cantomato paste 8 ounce
1 1/2 tspsalt
1/4 cupsugar
2 tbspgranulated garlic powder
1 tspground black pepper
2 tbspbalsamic vinegar
2 tsponion powder
8 ozwater
1 smallonion sliced thinly
pasta
1 boxpenne pasta 16 ounces
2 tspsalt
2 tbspolive oil
6 cupwater

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Steps

1

take the meatball ingredients except the cheese, mix well cut the cheese into medallions. You will use a little over half the 4 pounds here.
2

form beef into little balls, add cheese to the center of balls, cover over the cheese with beef. repeat, pan fry rotating often.
3

you will have approximately a little under half the beef left over. where you have the juices and oils from meat balls fry onions in it.
4

with the left over beef brown it. add onions drain meat, add tomato sauce. mix water and paste together. add water and paste mixture to sauce. Then add the rest of sauce ingredients except cheese
5

add cooked pasta (which you bring salt ,oil, water to boil. Then add pasta cook 12 minutes and drain. Then add to sauce) and cheese. add to pasta and sauce.
6

simmer 7 minutes stirring often
7

** if you use hunts brand tomato sauce adjust the amount of salt to the sauce hunts has a lot of salt in their canned tomato sauce

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skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

on October 05, 2013 02:44

Dover, Florida

This picture is me and my oldest daughter. I love Asian, Mediterranean, and Southern food.I hope you enjoy my recipes, if you have any questions please ask. The app only allows so many followings, they put a limit on how many we can follow I have reached my limit. If it wasn't there I would follow back everyone, sorry....