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Viewed: 22 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 1 large egg or two small
- 3 clove fresh minced garlic
- 1/2 cup Shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 1/2 tsp Tyme, oregano Can use an Italian mix
- 2 1/2 tsp seasoning salt, of course less can be used.
- 1/2 medium chopped onion
- 2 tbsp ketchup (optional)
- 2 medium Sized hot Italian sausage or 3/4 cup of ground. remove skin if using tube sausage.
- 1 small Tomato
- 1 large Jar of your favorite tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce.
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs, If looking for gluten free, or low carb you may omit this step entirely.
- 2 lb lean ground beef, or turkey. i use extra lean, so there's no extra fat
Method
- Begin by allowing meat to sit out for a little so it's not so uncomfortably cold to handle.
- Be sure not to let it sit out for too long as this is not good.
- Just enough to be comfortable to handle.
- extra cold raw meat can cause discomfort to the person mixing it by hand, so often times this process is rushed, and the ingredients are not mixed properly.
- This can be cooked in both the crock pot and oven.
- If cooking in oven be sure to cover lightly with foil.
- Allow to vent.
- Preheat oven to 375, and cook for 40mins If using crock pot method cook on low for 3-4 hours.
- In a large mixing bowl, add sausage and blend well with beef.
- shape meat into a crater.
- Add egg, and mix well.
- Shape back into crater.
- Chop fresh garlic, onion, tomato , and ketchup place into crater
- Sprinkle seasoning salt, and fresh herbs, or Italian seasoning
- Add bread crumbs & Parmesan cheese
- Blend thoroughly.
- Pour sauce on bottom of baking dish or crock pot.
- If baking, cover loosely with foil to allow venting.
- Otherwise, place in crock pot, set on low, for 3-4 hours.
