These make LARGE meatballs, so one or two per the average person is plenty! And, if you have leftovers, make 'em into a meatball sub the next day = YUMOLA!!
(makes 16 meatballs)
2 lbs. spicy Italian chicken* or pork* sausage
1 lb. ground beef
16 small (1") cubes of your fav. cheese
3 eggs
1&1/2 cups jarred Parmesan or 3 cheese sauce
2 t. McCormick bbq seasoning
1 cup Stubbs* bbq sauce
16 slices of smoked un-cured* bacon (with no nitrates or 'trites)
Parchment paper
Toothpicks
Preheat oven to 325.
In a large bowl, mix together sausage, 2 eggs, and 1 cup of the jarred cheese sauce. In another bowl mix together ground beef, McCormick's seasoning, 1 egg, and 1/2 cup of the cheese sauce. Use 2 scoops (middle size for the ground beef, and large for the sausage). Scoop 16 ground beef scoops. Roll in your palms to form balls. Press center down and out, place a cheese cube inside, and gently work the meat up and over the cheese. Roll in palms again for a few secs. to tighten them up. Scoop out 16 scoops of the Italian sausage mix. Roll each into balls, press down and out from center to make a well. Place smaller meatball stuffed with cheese inside. Gently push sausage up and over top of smaller meat ball. Roll in your palms again to tighten up. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay a slice of bacon on paper, place meatball in center; bring bacon up and twist and back down.Tuck under meatball and place a toothpick through bacon in the center to hold together. Repeat with the rest of the meatballs. Brush with your fav. BBQ sauce (I LOVE Stubbs!!). Bake on center rack of oven for 40 mins. Serve with potato salad and cold red grapes*.
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