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Crock Pot Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

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Ingredients
  

For the Sauce:

  • 7 cups crushed tomato
  • ⅓ cup onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsps. dried basil
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • ½ tsp. salt

For the Meatballs:

  • 1-pound ground beef
  • 1-pound mild Italian sausage
  • 1 cup bread crumb
  • ⅓ cup onion, chopped
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp. onion powder
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 sticks mozzarella cheese, each stick cut into 4 to 5 even pieces
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • ½ cup parsley

For the Pasta:

  • 16-ounces spaghetti

Instructions
 

To prepare the sauce:

  • Combine all sauce ingredients in the crock pot and stir.
  • Set to high and cover while making meatballs or for 30 minutes.

To prepare the meatballs:

  • In a large bowl, combine all meatball ingredients, except the mozzarella; using your hands, mix until fully combined.
  • Take a golf ball sized piece of the ground beef mixture and place a piece of mozzarella in the middle.
  • Press meat around the piece of cheese, fully enclosing it; repeat until all meat is used.
  • Place meatballs in the crock pot and submerge in sauce.
  • Cover and cook on high for 2 - 2½ hours, or until meat is fully cooked.
  • Serve over pasta.

To prepare the pasta:

  • Prepare pasta per package directions; remove from stove top and drain.