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Mashed Potato and Cheddar Stuffed Meatballs

Prep Time: 4 hours 25 minutes
Cook Time: 23 minutes
Servings: 30 Meatballs
There is nothing better on a cold day than a cozy meal. I really enjoy making stuffed meatballs especially when I stuff the meatballs with unexpected ingredients. I came up with the idea a while ago to start using silicon molds that are typically used for making candies and chocolates to freeze ingredients to make stuffing my meatballs easier and more diverse. It also seems to help the stuffing stay inside the meatball during the cooking process.
I was going to a friend's house for a clothing swap on a Saturday over one of the widow's weekends up here in Minnesota. While trying to come up with something to bring she mentioned she assumed that I was going to bring meatballs! It was a great assumption because that was my plan! I decided to make a cozy Mashed Potato and Cheddar Stuffed Meatball and I added some homemade gravy to the crockpot to keep them nice and moist during the get-together. They were a hit! And my friend decided to keep them as leftovers - and these ones make great leftovers!
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Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb Jimmy Dean's Sausage
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups Italian Style Breadcrumbs
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Mashed Potatoes

  • 8 medium-sized Russet potatoes
  • 1 stick salted butter
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup sour cream
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

For the Meatballs

  • In a bowl combine ground meat, Jimmy Dean's Sausage, Italian Style Breadcrumbs, eggs, and salt & pepper to taste.
  • Take one of the frozen mashed potato pucks and one of the frozen cubes of cheddar cheese and place them in the middle of the flattened meat mixture in the middle of your hand.
  • Take a scoop of the meat mixture out and flatten it in the palm of your hand.
  • Wrap the meat mixture around the frozen mashed potato puck and the frozen cube of cheddar cheese and gently roll this in your hand to form a ball.
  • Place the meatballs on a greased and/or tin foil-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake the meatballs in the preheated oven for 23 minutes.

For the Mashed Potatoes

  • Fill a large pot with cold water and place on the stove.
  • Peel the potatoes and wash them off if needed and place them in the pot of cold water.
  • Bring the pot of water up to a boil and then reduce the heat to get the water to a nice simmer.
  • Cook the potatoes until they are soft - where you can poke them with a fork easily but they don't fall apart. The time on this can vary but it should be about 30 mins with larger potatoes.
  • Slice the butter into 10 tabs and place them in a bowl.
  • Scoop out the potatoes with a slotted spoon and place them on the butter in the bowl.
  • Add the heavy cream, sour cream, and salt and pepper.
  • Mash the potatoes with either a potato masher or a pastry blender to your desired consistency.