GARLIC BREAD MEATBALL BOMBS

Garlic Bread Meatball Bombs are hollowed out dinner rolls which have been liberally smeared with selfmade garlic butter. Each roll is stuffed with a meatball and sauce, then topped with cheese. Baked to a bubbling, gooey perfection, these bombs are the bomb!

INGREDIENTS

• 12 dinner rolls
• 12 meatballs, cooked
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• parsley, elective

FOR THE GARLIC BUTTER

• half cup salted butter
• 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon floor black pepper

FOR THE SAUCE:

• half of cup solar dried tomato pesto
• 2 cups marinara sauce
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. If you are the usage of store-bought, frozen meatballs, prepare dinner them in accordance to the package deal instructions. When cooked, set apart till equipped to use. If you are getting ready selfmade meatballs, do that now. Cook them and set them apart till prepared to use.
2. Next, in a small sauce pan, add the butter and garlic. Over medium heat, prepare dinner the garlic in the butter till aromatic and simply beginning to brown. Remove from warmth and set apart to cool.
3. Prepare the sauce by way of whisking collectively the solar dried tomato pesto, marinara sauce, and olive oil in a bowl. Set aside.
4. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
5. To assemble, commence by using hollowing out the pinnacle of every dinner roll with a sharp knife. The gap will want to be barely better than your meatballs, however no longer so deep that you puncture the bottom.
6. Set the rolls into a 9×13″ baking pan which has been lined with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
7. Whisk the parmesan, dried parsley, dried oregano, and floor black pepper into the butter and garlic mixture. Using a pastry brush, liberally smear the holes of the dinner rolls with the garlic butter. Use all of the butter evenly into every dinner roll.
8. Spoon about a tablespoon of the organized sauce into every of the hollowed out dinner rolls.
9. Place a cooked meatball into every hole. Top every meatball with the final sauce mixture.
10. Evenly distribute the cheese over every of the dinner rolls. Sprinkle on the Italian seasoning.
11. Bake for 10-12 minutes, till the cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove from oven.
12. Using a sharp knife, slice between every dinner roll. Plate and garnish with parsley

Note

One serving is equal to two bombs.