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These Keto Baked Italian Meatball Recipe (Cheese Stuffed) make a gorgeous appetizer, or a perfect entr\u00e9e on top of a bed of zucchini noodles.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meatballs are perfect comfort food! They make a great appetizer on game day or a mid-week meal that the whole family will love. And let\u2019s be honest, it doesn\u2019t get much better than cheese-stuffed flavorful and tender meatballs.<\/p>\n

Italian Meatballs<\/h1>\n

We love taking meatballs to the next level with Italian flavors, like Italian herb mix (which usually has oregano, basil, thyme, and rosemary), plenty of garlic, and Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. To keep the carbs a little lower, we serve our Keto Baked Italian Meatball Recipe with marinara sauce on the side for dipping instead of drowning the meatballs in it.<\/p>\n

Do You Put Milk in Meatballs?<\/h1>\n

Before going keto we\u2019d use the milk-soaked bread trick to get super tender meatballs, which is basically exactly what it sounds like: you soak a slice or two of white bread in milk, wring it out slightly, and mix it into your meat mixture before forming the meatballs. However, now that we eat low carb, we use almond flour, egg white, and grated onion to keep our Baked Italian Meatball Recipe super moist.<\/p>\n

Baked Meatballs<\/h1>\n

There are a few different ways you can make meatballs. Pan-fried on the stovetop, simmered in tomato sauce, or in a slow cooker. But personally, we love how easy it is to make baked meatballs!<\/p>\n

Between work, spouses, kids, pets, and other obligations, most of us are stretched pretty thin time-wise. When we find a way to get delicious food on the table faster, we get excited! Baked meatballs require minimal effort; they pretty much babysit themselves in the oven!<\/p>\n

How to Make Meatballs<\/h1>\n

Meatballs are basically just seasoned, tender, flavorful, bite-sized, ball-shaped bites of meat. Making meatballs is easy to do and fun to get the kids involved in (pro tip: you might find it helpful to use disposable food-safe gloves if you get the little ones involved in handling the raw meat). Here are the basic steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make the meat mixture with any flavors you like; we like garlic, Italian herbs, cheese, and a touch of Worcestershire sauce. Also, don\u2019t forget to use a binder! Here we use almond flour and egg white.<\/li>\n
  2. Shape the meat into balls, and optionally, stuff them with cheese.<\/li>\n
  3. Cook the meatballs any way you like! If you\u2019re pressed for time, we think the easiest cooking method is our oven method.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Instructions on How to Cook Meatballs in the Oven<\/h2>\n

    Cooking meatballs in the oven couldn\u2019t be easier!<\/p>\n

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    1. Shape the meat into balls. You can use an ice cream scoop to help you get perfectly-portioned balls if you want.<\/li>\n
    2. Arrange the balls on a large baking tray that\u2019s lined with foil and sprayed with avocado oil. Lightly spray the tops of the meatballs with avocado oil.<\/li>\n
    3. Bake at 375F until the meat is cooked through, about 20 minutes. You don\u2019t even have to flip them!<\/li>\n
    4. Serve on top of zoodles as a main course, or with marinara sauce for dipping as an appetizer, or any way you like.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs<\/h1>\n

      Italian meatballs are delicious as-is, but we truly took them to the next level when we stuffed them with a flavorful cheese mixture! We use three kinds of cheese in our filling: mozzarella and Parmesan, as well as cream cheese for a binder. Additionally, we use an egg yolk as a binder (you\u2019ll use the egg white as a binder in the meat mixture). We keep the seasonings simple with Italian herb mix, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n

      There is a little bit of a trick to being able to stuff this cheese mixture into the meat to make this Keto Baked Italian Meatball Recipe. First we use a 1 tablespoon-sized ice cream scoop<\/a> to portion out the cheese into balls. After that, we freeze the balls so they\u2019re easy to stuff into the meat mixture.<\/p>\n

      More Keto Appetizer Recipes:<\/h1>\n