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French Onion Baked Meatballs

Amazing Baked Meatballs cooked in homemade French Onion Sauce for stronger flavor. These meatballs a juicy and packed with great flavor.
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword french onion, meatballs
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 12 large meatballs
Author Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • Meatballs:
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 2 gloves of garlic
  • 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
  • 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 Tbsp fresh minced dill
  • 1/2 Tbsp fresh minced parsley
  • Salt pepper
  • French Onion Sauce:
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Large Vidalia onion
  • 1 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 Tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 2/3 cups beef stock
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup red wine (preferably Merlot)
  • Salt
  • 1/2 tsp dry thyme

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
  • Combine all ingredients for meatballs in a bowl. Mix very well until all ingredients are incorporated. Set aside.
  • Heat up oil in a cooking pan, over medium heat. Add sliced onions and sugar to the pan and saute until transparent stirring occasionally.
  • Stir in minced garlic, red wine and tomato paste, saute for a couple of minutes.
  • Sprinkle the mixture with flour and mix well.
  • Slowly add beef stock, while stirring the whole time.
  • Add salt and thyme and simmer for 5-7 more minutes.
  • Scoop about a tablespoon of French onion sauce (with some onions) in each muffin cup.
  • Scoop about 1/3 cup of meatball mixture and roll it into a big ball. Place meatball in the muffin cup, it should fit snugly. Repeat with remaining meat mixture.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  • Top off with remaining French Onion sauce, dividing it equally among the muffin cups.

Notes

Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.