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Best Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers

May 11, 2009 by  
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best_cheese_stuffed_hamburgersBest Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers – A little spin on the classic cheeseburger! We put the cheese on the inside, and added a little heat with some chili pepper and jack cheese. Try these on the BBQ tonight!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 6-8 mins
Main Ingredient: Groud Beef
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Best Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers

1/4 pound monterey jack cheese, grated
1 fresh hot chile pepper
1 tomato
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
2 teaspoons oil
salt and pepper to taste
8 slices crusty bread
2 tablespoons fesh coriander, chopped

Directions to make Best Cheese Stuffed Hamburgers

Step 1:Shred the cheese, seed and chop the chile pepper, combine. Slice the tomato; set aside.
Step 2:Shape the beef into 8 thin patties, put 1/4 of the cheese mixture in the center of 4 of the patties. Top with remaining patties and pinch to seal.
Step 3:Toast the bread. Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the hamburgers 6-8 minutes over medium heat for medium rare. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 4:Place cooked hamburgers on the toast and top with tomato slices and another slice of toast.

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Saucy Meatball Stuffed Pasta

May 6, 2009 by  
Filed under Baked, Easy Ground Beef Recipes, Ground Beef, Main Course, Supper

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saucy_meatball_stuffed_pastaSaucy Meatball Stuffed Pasta – A little taste of Italy! Hand-made meatballs, smothered in tomato sauce your make yourself. This is one homemade recipe that is very filling.

Cook Time: 30 mins
Servings: 6
Main Ingredient: Meatballs
Difficulty Level: 4

Ingredients to make Saucy Meatball Stuffed Pasta

MEAT BALLS:
1 1/2 lb ground beef chuck
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 c chopped onion
1/4 c minced parsey
1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese
2 tb bread crumbs
2 tb oil
2 eggs
1 Clove garlic; minced
2 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper
olive oil
TOMATO SAUCE:
1/4 c oil
1/4 c chopped onion
1/4 c chopped green pepper
1 Clove garlic; minced
1 cn (6-oz)mushrooms
4 cn (6-oz)tomato paste
1 cn (#2-1/2)Italian plum tomatoes
1 ts sugar
2 ts salt
1/4 ts pepper

MAKING THE CASSEROLE:
1 lb tufoli (large tube macaroni)
meat balls from step #1
1 1/2 pk frozen chopped spinach
1 ts salt
1/2 c Parmesan cheese
1 egg

Directions to make Saucy Meatball Stuffed Pasta

Step 1:Mix all ingredients for meat balls together thoroughly, except the last, olive oil. Form into medium sized balls: brown in oil. Set aside and cook in tomato sauce later.
Step 2:To make tomato sauce: Heat the oil: add onion, green pepper, garlic, mushrooms (drained and halved) and sautee until golden. Stir in tomato paste; cook for 4 minutes. Press plum tomatoes through a strainer; add an equal amount of water. Combine with tomato paste mixture. Add sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; add meatballs and cook over low heat 1-1/2 hours or until sauce thickens slightly. Remove meatballs and put aside.
Step 3:Cook tufoli in 6 quarts boiling, salted water for 12 to 15 minutes or until almost tender.
Step 4:Mash meat balls in a bowl. Add spinach (drained and finely chopped), salt, 2 tablespoons cheese and the egg, mixing well. Stuff this mixture into cooked tufoli. Cover bottom of a large casserole with half of sauce and arrange alternate layers of stufted tufoli and sauce, sprinkling each layer with cheese; finish with sauce. Cover dish and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes.
Step 5:Serve with extra sauce and cheese.

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