Mozzarella-Stuffed Pesto Turkey Meatballs
photo by Katanashrp
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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36 Meatballs
ingredients
- 3 lbs ground turkey
- 1 cup onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Italian style breadcrumbs (add a little more if needed to hold mixture together)
- 1⁄2 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
- 1⁄4 cup pesto sauce
- 1⁄2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
- 1 lb fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 36 cubes
- extra virgin olive oil (to drizzle over meatballs)
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a bowl, place ground turkey, chopped onion, minced garlic, egg, bread crumbs, cheese, pesto, chopped parsley, milk, salt and pepper.
- Mix until combined.
- Form turkey mixture into meatballs, approximately 1 3/4 inch in diameter.
- Stuff a mozzarella cheese cube into each meatball and seal the meat around the cheese so it can't leak out.
- Arrange on a nonstick baking sheet and drizzle with the olive oil. Bake for approximately 30 minutes.
- Serve with marinara sauce if desired.
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Reviews
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Hands down the best meatballs I've ever had in my life. No kidding! I can't believe how good it tastes. I served it for some coworkers last night and they told it was the first thing they thought about when they woke up this morning. Lol. I used Recipe #116412 for this recipe. I made extra and just put it on the pasta. So simple and so great tasting. Thank you very much for sharing this one of a kind mouthful of deliciousness.
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Great taste and a breeze to throw together in a hurry. I halved the recipe and got 24 healthy-sized meatballs. They held together well during the rolling and stuffing. Mine were dead ready after 15 minutes of convection baking time. Even though I liberally sprayed my baking pan, sticking was a real issue. I was surprised considering the oil in the pesto and my generous EVOO drizzle but so is the nature of cooking ground turkey. We ate a some for dinner alongside recipe #188400 and I froze the rest as part of my planned leftovers campaign. (Cooking for 2 is a PITA!) These meatballs will be a welcome addition to future meals. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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I actually made this using ground chicken, this mixture needed more than 1 cup to hold together, I did increase the garlic and used seasoned salt and added in black pepper, with change from turkey to chicken this recipe it turned out great, I am going to try it with turkey next time, thanks for sharing!...Kitten :)
Tweaks
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I cut the recipe in half, subbed panko GF breadcrumbs, and hemp milk for regular milk added a bit more pesto (mostly because I had it and didn't want to waste it) and placed the mozzarella in the middle of the meatball. The success of the mozzarella was a bit mixed. The larger the square the better it seemed. But I didn't feel that the mozzarella gave much to the recipe other than novelty so I will leave it out next time. It was flavorful and delicious.
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