The Best Italian-American Meatballs

The best Italian-American meatballs are plump, juicy balls of flavorful meat that's so tender a spoon can pass right through it. Here's how to make them.

Oven Baked Italian Meatballs

Soft, juicy Oven Baked Italian Meatballs and tomato sauce. Made by baking the meatballs on a rack placed over the a pan with the Sauce - it's incredible!

Italian Meatballs

These Italian Meatballs are the best you will ever make....with 2 little changes to the usual recipe, these are extra soft with a special flavour boost!

Spaghetti and Meatballs

To build layers of meatball flavor into this classic, we cooked meatball mixture into it. The result is spaghetti with meatballs where there’s guaranteed meatball in every bite.

Meatball Calzones

If you love meatball sandwiches, try making Meatball Calzones! A delicious combination of meatballs, tomato sauce, and cheese is wrapped up in pizza dough.

Italian-American Meatball Subs

The perfect meatball sandwich first needs perfect meatballs and great sauce. Once you have those two in place, the rest is a matter of construction and detail. Here's how we like to build ours.

Meatballs al Forno Recipe | Cook the Book

Nancy Silverton had traditional Italian cuisine on the mind when writing menus for Osteria Mozza but when it came to Pizzeria Mozza she made one Italian-American exception on the menu for meatballs. And it was a happy exception: these Meatballs al Forno adapted from The Mozza Cookbook ended up being the most popular antipasto on the menu.

Grilled Italian-Style Meatballs With Pecorino and Parmesan

Pecorino and Parmesan cheeses add a complex salty bite to these Italian-style meatballs made of ground chuck and pork, melding with the other seasonings to create a delicious, cohesive flavor throughout. These could be the best meatballs I've ever had.

Pizza with Pesto, Ricotta, and Mozzarella

Pesto, mozzarella, and ricotta on a pizza.

Frankies' Meatballs Recipe | Cook the Book

When eating at Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo's Frankies Spuntino, not ordering the meatballs is really a crime. They're perfectly textured, and flavorful with raisins and pine nuts.