Press down to flatten the bottom just slightly.ģ.Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then turn them over, and continue baking for about 5 more minutes, or until somewhat crispy on the outside. Place about 1 inch apart in the hot baking dish. If making Meaty Eyeballs, insert one green olive into each meatball now. Using an ice cream scoop if possible, form the meat into golf ball sized meatballs. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with the olive oil, and place it in the oven while preheating.Ģ.In a medium bowl, mix together the ground turkey, egg, and bread crumbs using a large spoon or your hands. I used my cookie scoop to scoop the meat mixture, and perfected the ball by shaping it with my hands.ġ2-18 green olives stuffed with pimentos, if making Meaty Eyeballsġ.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). It worked out wonderfully, and it made exactly 12 meatballs that fit in my 9x13 glass baking dish. package of ground turkey on hand, so I used that, along with one egg, and a heaping 1/4 cup of Italian bread crumbs. If you're not intrested in the gross-out version of these meatballs, I still encourage you to try the meatball recipe without the olives, because it is really good, and so easy. Make sure you get it kind of deep in there, or it'll pop out during cooking. After I formed each meatball, I stuck a pimento-stuffed green olive into each one.
Google Meatball Eyeballs and you'll find different versions and pictures of these everywhere. This was a huge hit with the kids, although one preferred his without blood.įor the meatballs, I used my fave meatball recipe, Fast & Friendly Meatballs, from Allrecipes. The olives / tomato / pasta / cheese combo is a beaut Halloween or not.Happy Halloween!! I wanted to make a fun, gross-out dinner tonight, so we had these eyeball meatballs on a bed of large, hollow pasta (guts), with pasta sauce (blood). But that’s ok because, y’know, blue cheese! Serve onto plates and top with the eyeballsĪs I said it looked better last time – I used cream cheese which didn’t melt as much so there was still more of the look of the eyeball. Make a tomato sauce to taste (I used tomato puree, garlic and chilli)ĭrain the spaghetti and stir in the “bloody” sauce Meanwhile, add the tagliatelle to boiling water.
Pop in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes
Slice some pitted olives into two and push each half into the cheese. Shove some cheese into the thumb shaped hole Make an indent in each one (your thumb is a perfect size) Meatballs (I used pre-made for convenience but of course you can make your own)Ĭheese (I used blue stilton expecting veiny eyes, but last time cream cheese kept it’s state better) I messed with a tested method tonight and it didn’t work out, aesthetically, as good, but taste wise it was ace. I first made it around 6 years ago, when we used to decorate the flat and have people round and stay up until stupid o’clock. This is a fun Halloween dinner if you’re staying in tonight.
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