Italian meatballs

• 2 lb 80/20 Ground Beef
• 1 lb Ground Italian Sausage
• 1 bunch Fresh Italian Parsley
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
• 2 cup Bread crumbs
• 4 Eggs
• 5 clove Garlic (large cloves) about 1/2 bulb peeled
• 2 pinch Red pepper flakes
• 2 pinch Salt
• 2 pinch Black pepper

1. Heat oven to 350F
2. Put peeled garlic, parsley, eggs into food processor and blend until parsley and garlic are finely chopped
3. Put meat into large bowl or mixer
4. Add bread crumbs, blended eggs, parsley, garlic.
5. Add cheese
6. Add red pepper, salt, black pepper.
7. Mix all ingredients until a meatloaf texture forms.
8. Add more breadcrumb if needed for binding.
9. Take meat mixture and roll in hands until a compact ball is formed about size of a golfball or slightly larger
10. Place aluminum foil on baking sheet, spray with non stick pam
11. Place meatballs on sheet about an inch apart
12. Cook meatballs about 12 min on bottom rack, remove and flip to brown all sides, put back in oven 10 more min.
13. Optional - Drop into your homemade sauce on stove, cover with lid, and set to low for 3 to 4 hours stirring every 20 min.
14. Serve!

ground beef, ground italian sausage, fresh italian parsley, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, eggs, clove garlic, red pepper, salt, black pepper

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/349327-italian-meatballs (may not work)