Out of this world delicious baked meatballs that are very easy to prepare in the oven and perfect for weekend or a week night dinner. Juicy, tender meatballs made with beef and pork mixture, roasted garlic and rosemary inside and baked with more garlic and rosemary.
BAKED MEATBALLS
How great are meatballs?!
It’s one of our favorite things to eat and I love making them. It’s always so easy to prepare but results are so comforting and delicious. Changing up flavor combination is always fun too.
These meatballs are incredibly delicious and aroma that will fill your house will be intoxicating. Rosemary and roasted garlic is always a pleasing combination to all the senses. Your taste buds will definitely thank you for this dinner.
These beautiful meatballs would be great paired with some homemade mashed potatoes. What I like to do is wait for the meatballs to finish cooking before finishing the potatoes. I cook the potatoes and then set them aside.
When meatballs are ready, I add the cooked garlic (that was in between the meatballs) and some of the meat juice right into potatoes as I mash them. Just substitute the water from cooking potatoes for the juice from cooking meatballs. It will be an amazing meal!
More Meatball Recipes You Must Try:
Turkey Meatballs with Creamy Parmesan Sauce
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Roasted Garlic Rosemary Baked Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground pork
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1/2 medium yellow onion finely minced
- 1 bulb of roasted garlic
- 1 spring of fresh rosemary minced
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
Addition/Topping:
- 4-5 fresh rosemary springs
- 6-8 raw garlic cloves
- 1-2 Tbsp olive oil for baking
Instructions
To Roast Garlic:
- Take loose skin off the garlic bulb and cut off the tip of the garlic cloves, still in the bulb. Rub garlic bulb with a little bit of olive oil and wrap it in aluminum foil.
- Preheat oven to 400°, place wrapped garlic on a baking sheet and bake for 40-45 minutes, depending on the size of garlic bulb. (Note: this step can be made the day before and you can just refrigerate roasted garlic in an air-tight food storage container until ready to use.)
Meatballs:
- Preheat oven to 350° and spread some olive oil in a casserole dish that's big enough to hold these meatballs comfortably.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, ground pork, egg, bread crumbs, minced onion, minced rosemary, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Carefully peel roasted garlic and take out the roasted garlic cloves. Add them to the bowl. Mix very well, until all ingredients are completely incorporated.
- Roll about 1.5 inch meatballs and place them snugly in the casserole dish.
- Stick individual, raw garlic cloves in between meatballs and add rosemary springs on top.
- Bake the meatballs for about 30-35 minutes. (Exact time will depend on how large the meatballs are. You can cut into one to check for doneness.)
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Joy Payant says
Yours is the first cooking site I have requested, what I have seen so for is great! I hope it will give a change for my hunger boys and little girl. They loved the garlic rosemary meatballs!!!!
lyuba says
Awe, that is so sweet! Thank you, Joy!!
Patti B says
I made the garlic/rosemary meat balls they were amazing . I put marinara sauce with noodle. The rosemary and garlic were a perfect match. Not to garlicky.
Thank you for this yummy recipe
Lyuba says
Thank you, Patti!
Condoleeza says
I made this dish tonight and it was a hit! I used ground chicken instead and served it with quinoa and a side of sauteed garlic zucchini. We really enjoyed it. The only change I would make is not leaving the meatballs uncovered for a full ten minutes. The liquid dried up so they were not as juicy but definitely flavorful. I’m sure this wouldn’t have happened with beef. Next time I will try with ground turkey. Nice healthy dinner : )
lyuba says
I’m so happy you enjoyed the flavors! Thank you, Condoleeza 🙂
jacqui says
Would you suggest a dipping sauce with these? Do they even need a dipping sauce? Maybe something slightly sweet? I am leaning towards a jalapeno plum BBQ sauce. It has a hint of sweetness and a touch of heat.
I am thinking about serving them as an appetizer at a small gathering. LOVE LOVE LOVE the recipe!!!!
Lyuba says
Thank you, Jacqui! They don’t really need dipping sauce. The rosemary taste is pretty strong, you can try that. Don’t cook in it, just try it exactly as a dipping sauce. This way, if you don’t like it, you can always eat the meatballs straight without a sauce.
Gwendolyn Ewert says
You have lovely, delicious recipes!! Just came across your site.
lyuba says
I’m so glad you found me and I’m happy to have you!
I hope you will try and like more recipes 🙂
Janie says
Your meatball recipes look amazing…will be trying them very soon….Thanks for sharing your recipes….Happy New Year
Kristen says
Seriously, these look mouthwatering! Can’t wait to try them! 🙂
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Kristen! I hope you will try them soon 🙂
Marilyn says
I loved these meatballs. They were tender and flavorful. The roasted garlic made all the difference. I took off the foil during last 5 minutes of baking to let them brown a bit. They were soo good. I am making some marinara right now for them for dinner.
lyuba says
Yay! I’m so happy you liked it!
Thank you, Marilyn!
Mary says
All your recipes look so delicious! I discovered your site through Pinterest. I will definitely be trying at least eight or nine of your recipes…..so far! Thank you!
lyuba says
Awe, thank you so much, Mary! I hope you will like everything you try 🙂
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
Ah yes!! Meatballs and garlic go hand in hand. Well, garlic is like a magic elixir as well as rosemary. I can smell the aroma now. I really wasn’t hungry until I opened up your email. Yummy!! Great recipe. Great photos. Thank you for sharing!! Have a great day.
lyuba says
Oh gosh, I loooove garlic a little too much 🙂
Hope you’ll have it for dinner soon!
Thank you!
Liz says
All lovely meatball recipes. Thank you.
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Liz!
Allison says
Can this be done with ground turkey? If so, do I need to change cooking times?
lyuba says
Hi Allison,
This can definitely be does with ground turkey. You can look at my turkey meatballs for a reference: https://www.willcookforsmiles.com/2014/08/turkey-meatballs-creamy-parmesan-sauce.html
You can cut the time a little bit, 10 minutes or so, but it will more depend of the size of the meatballs.