Turkey Meatball Subs (she: AnnMarie)

Hi there! My name is Ann Marie and I am a happy housewife and mommy to my two little darlings. My passion is making our home a great place for them to grow up. I love cooking, baking, decorating and all things home and family. I have recently rediscovered my love for writing and broke into the blogging world with thewelllovednest.com.  I recently shared my recipe for Flank Steak Pinwheels.  But, today  I wanted to share my recipe for Turkey Meatball Subs with you…

Yum-yum-gimme-some! These were sooo yummy and soooo easy to make.

Just start with some ground turkey and season it with salt pepper and Italian seasoning

Mix in some Ricotta

A little fresh parsley

and some breadcrumbs, an egg and some milk.

and mix it all up!

I like to use an ice cream scooper like this to make meatballs because they come out perfectly shaped and uniform in size

pop ‘em in a hot pan with a little olive oil. 3 minutes on each side.

While the meatballs were cooking I sliced the cheese. You could buy pre sliced if you want, but I think it it more cost effective to do it this way

I also prepared the rolls whilst the meatballs cooked This involved making garlic paste. I would much rather use Fresh garlic and make a paste than to buy the stuff. Yummier and cheaper too. Plus all that chopping and pressing is just fun.

Mix your garlic paste with a little oil and brush it on your rolls.

stick them under the broiler for just a minute you don’t want them to get too toasty or the bread will get to hard to eat.

Now it’s time to get saucy. Just add the sauce to the meatballs.

Load your meatballs into the rolls with a spoonful of sauce and top with cheese. You’ll notice that the recipe says 5 subs and I have 6. 3 of my subs were short a meatball I just prepared all the rolls in the package. oh well.

Now you just want to stick them back under the broiler until the cheese melts and is bubbly.

These were so good, I could eat them everyday

Here is the full recipe-

Turkey Meatball Subs

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Turkey Meatball Subs

Ingredients

• 1 Package about 20oz Italian flavored or plain ground turkey
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons plain bread cumbs
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups jarred marinara
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• 5 hero rolls
• 5 slices provolone cheese

Instructions

1. Heat oven to broil. Combine seasoned turkey (if using plain ground turkey, season with 1/2 teaspoon salt,1 teaspoon italian season, 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper) Mix ricotta, parsley, bread crumbs, milk, and egg in large bowl mix gently to combine. Shape into 15 meatballs, 3 tablespoons of mixture for each.
2. Heat 1 tablepoon oil in large lidded non stick skillet over medium heat. Brown meatballs, 3 minutes per side. add sauce and reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer on low for 13 minutes until cooked through.
3. In small bowl blend 2 tablespoons olive oil and garlic paste and brush inside of rolls. Put rolls under broiler for 2 minutes to toast.
4. Once meatballs are cooked through, tuck 3 meatballs and a spoonful of sauce into each roll and top with a slice of cheese. Return to broiler until cheese is melted.

~ AnnMarie