Meatballs in a Blanket Ring

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cups tomato sauce
  • ⅓ cup tomato paste
  • 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
  • 1 tbsp. dried basil
  • 1 tbsp. dried oregano
  • 40 pre-cooked meatballs
  • 4 sheets puff pastry
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
  • Add the oil to a pan, on medium-high heat, and cook the onions and garlic until deeply caramelized.
  • Mix in tomato sauce, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, dried basil and oregano.
  • Bring to a simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Add pre-cooked meatballs and coat them with sauce.
  • Remove sauce from heat.
  • Roll out three rectangles of puff pastry.
  • One should be 16-inches long, one 22-inches long and the third, 28-inches long.
  • All three should be about 6-inches wide.
  • Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese, in a line across the bottom of each strip, then place meatballs on top in a line about 1-inch apart from each other.
  • Roll pastry over the meatballs.
  • Then take the smallest roll and wrap it around a small oven safe bowl placed on top of a baking sheet.
  • Make sure the ends of the pastry meet and pat together to connect.
  • Take a knife and press down the puff pastry between each meatball, creating a small opening on either side of the puff pastry.
  • Make a small cut between each meatball, just below the top of the puff pastry, so that the roll is still connected.
  • Repeat this step again with the medium roll and largest roll, wrapping them around each other.
  • Add marinara sauce to the oven safe bowl.
  • Brush egg wash over the entire ring and sprinkle the shredded parmesan cheese on top.
  • Cover sauce with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
  • Serve warm.
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