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Category: Meat

 Ingredients List

  • -----------------------------FOR THE MEATBALLS-----------------------------
  • 1/2 lb Ground beef
  • 1/2 lb Ground veal
  • 3 sl White bread; soaked in water
  • -(up to 4)
  • 1/2 Onion; grated
  • 2 Cloves garlic; crushed
  • 1 tb Chopped parsley
  • 1/2 ts Oregano
  • 1/4 ts Cumin
  • Salt and pepper; to taste
  • 1 Egg; optional

 Directions

STUFFING
4 sl Ham or prosciutto
8 oz Grated mozzarella; or more

TO COAT
2 c Fresh bread crumbs
1/2 c Grated parmesan cheese
2 Eggs beaten with 4 tbs water
Tomato sauce

1. Squeeze water out of bread.

2. Mix all the meatballs ingredients

3. Divide the meatball mixture into 8 parts

4. Shape each into a steak and top each steak with 1 slice ham, 1 oz
mozzarella or more

5. Top each steak with another in such a way that you have the stuffing
well enclosed and they look like hamburger 1/2" thick

6. Coat with bread crumbs pressing to adhere

7. Dip in the beaten eggs and coat with bread crumbs again

8. Fry in the olive oil/ oil mixture. Drain in paper towels

9. Place " steaks " in a baking dish, top with the rest of the mozzarella
and tomato sauce.

10 Bake until cheese has melted.

Serving Ideas : serve with pasts and more tomato sauce

NOTES : You may add herbs such as basil or chopped rosemary to the
stuffing. This is real good stuff!

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