French Onion Meatballs
Are you looking for a new dinner to wow your family? This is it. Also a fan of french onion soup? Then you must ty this dinner based on the classic soup. I now make this every week because we love it so much. This is a wonderful choice if you are having company, too. I used a meatloaf mix for the meatballs. You can find this in your local food store or from your butcher. It is just a fancy name for a combination of meats including beef, pork and veal and makes the meatballs extra tender and delicious. Of course, you can feel free to use all ground beef. You probably could use ground chicken also but I have not tried that out yet. For the crostini, you can use your favorite Italian or French bread. Don’t skimp on the parsley….it makes the dinner look beautiful. You may also love Meatballs with Spinach Ricotta Cheese or Oven Baked Chicken Meatballs
French Onion Meatballs
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1½ pounds Meatloaf Mix
- ¼ c. seasoned breadcrumbs
- ¼ c. Parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- handful of fresh parsley, chopped finely
- salt to taste
French Onion Sauce
- 3 yellow onions, thinly sliced
- 6 T. butter
- ¾ c. white wine
- 4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2½ c. chicken stock
- ¼ c. heavy cream
- 10 slices french bread, cut on diagonal
- olive oil for brushing on bread
- 1 cup shredded cheese (I use Fontina)
Instructions
Meatballs
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Mix everything in a bowl.
- Roll into 15 meatballs and lay on a baking stone. (or baking sheet lined with nonstick foil)
- Bake 15 minutes and then add to french onion sauce.
French Onion Sauce
- In a large oven safe skillet, melt the butter and onions on med-high and cook 10 mins.
- Slowly add the wine in 3 additions, letting it cook into the onions each time.
- Cook another 10 mins until caramelized.
- Add the garlic, salt/pepper and cook 3-4 mins.
- Add broth.
- Increase to high and then reduce to a low boil.
- Add meatballs and cook 10 mins.
- Drizzle in the cream and stir.
- Place bread slices on a baking sheet, brush lightly with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and toast at 450 6-8 mins.
- Turn on broiler.
- Lay bread on the meatballs, top with cheese and broil until browned. Top with parsley.
Recipe adapted from Half Baked Harvest
Donna says
What is meatloaf mix?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
combo of beef, pork, veal
Melissa says
When does the broth go in?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Step 5…enjoy!!!!!
MaryLou says
6 T butter is that tablespoon or teaspoon
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Tablespoon
Cindy Albertson says
Made this tonight for dinner. I don’t like the soggy bread on French Onion soup, so I made the bread separately. Made the meatballs and sauce, and made egg noodles separately. Put noodles in a dish, poured sauce over, laid meatballs on top, covered with cheese, and broiled. Very good!!!
Susan says
So I’m a tad confused. Is this going to turn out like French onion soup with meatballs in it? Or is the “sauce” supposed to be gravy-like? The tastes sound great. We love French onion soup. But I want to know what it’s supposed to end up like. Thanks.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Enough sauce to dunk the bread in but not like soup!