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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Main course Keto mozzarella-stuffed meatballs
Oooey, gooey, cheese-stuffed keto meatballs will make everyone swoon. Have plenty of napkins on hand, and be prepared to watch these keto treats disappear... they're irresistible!
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servingservings
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs 650 g ground beef or ground turkey
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 2 2 garlic clove, mincedgarlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp dried basil
- 1 tsp 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 4 oz. (1 cup) 110 g (230 ml) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter, for frying
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Making low carb simple
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the ground meat with cream, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper. Combine well using your hands or a large fork.
- Shape the mixture into balls using wet hands. The bigger you make them the longer they will take to cook. Flatten them out in your hand and place a pile of cheese in the middle of the patty. Wrap the meat around the cheese and form it into a ball. Repeat until you've used all of the meat and cheese.
- In a large frying pan, fry the meatballs in butter over medium-high heat until nicely browned.
Tips
Turn those juices into a delicious sauce! Just add 1 cup of heavy whipping cream to the pan juices and bring it to a boil. Stir and simmer for a few minutes to reduce to the desired consistency.
You can deepen the flavors even more by adding 1 tablespoon of gluten-free Japanese Tamari soy sauce and a little more black pepper.
Note: Because the meat will shrink during frying, some of the cheese might slowly leak out of the meatballs by the end of the cooking process. We consider that a visually delicious bonus!
Hi JIM!
Look at the box in the top left corner of the picture where it says strict low carb. If you hover your mouse over that you find macros and the amount of carbs per serving.
Good luck!
And before frying in butter maybe they need to be poached in boiling water for a few minutes and then rest to cool them off.
However next time they will be perfect.
I just came cross this meatball recipe and saw your comments for improvement. I think I’m going to try that tonight. It sounds like you know what you’re doing and I’m wondering what poaching before frying does for the meatballs? And A few other people commented that it might be better to use shredded cheese. What’s your thoughts?
this recipe is 1 carb--or? (I try to choose dishes that are low in carbs---I already paid dearly for going over my 20 carbs per
day--Not fun at all--and don't like starting over!) So I budget wisely to go low.
If you used 25oz ground beef, that made 4 servings. If you used less ground beef, it made fewer servings. The 1g net carbs is per serving and the original recipe is written for 4 servings, but many scale it to make less if doing the two week challenge.
Ingredientes
25 oz. de carne molida
1 cucharada de albahaca seca
cucharadita de sal
2 pizca pimienta
2 cucharadas de agua fría
4 oz. queso mozzarella
butter para freír
:)
Tamari is a gluten free soy sauce. Many people do choose to avoid soy entirely, you can use coconut aminos instead.
The 4 serving recipe instructions indicate you should make 10 meatballs. This gives 2.5 meatballs per serving.
I love how flexible our recipes are for the number of servings. Like you, I frequently adjust the servings based on what I have on hand.
Yes, heavy cream is a good substitute for heavy whipping cream.