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Spicy Mini Meatball Grilled Cheese.

It’s Friday and we’re eating cheese.

And balls of meat. !!! What does that sound so much more terrible than meatballs?

Anytime I hear the words “meat” and “cheese” together, my head automatically starts playing Melissa McCarthy’s scene in Bridesmaids that runs during the credits. Do you want this bear sandwich? It’s full of meats and cheeses.

This is not that. But still.

If I even told you how many times we ate meatballs last week, you’d die.

Four. Four times. Four times in seven days. GAH. It wasn’t purposefully.

As you can imagine, meatballs are not my thang since I don’t love tomato sauce. But every once in a while,  like maybe twice or thrice (never will get over that word) a year, I crave them.

Last week, I was craving them. So was Eddie. He even asked for them for dinner one night and it’s rare that he provides dinner suggestions. I made them with the thought in mind that we would have them with pasta the first night and leftovers the next night in the form of meatball subs.

We did just that. They were so fantastic both nights. Happy campers.

Then. Sunday afternoon we ended up eating them again at a birthday party. And we promptly left the party, went to my parents’ house for the superbowl where my mom was serving… meatballs. More meatballs.

To say we were meatballed out would be an understatement. The only thing was that we still had a few leftover meatballs at home and I couldn’t bear the thought of pitching them. There were just enough left that it would be too wasteful.

SO. Grilled cheese it was.

At first I was afraid it would be too similar to a meatball sub or even these meatball sliders. But really? It wasn’t at all. Yes, there was still meatballs. Still cheese. And sauce, albeit a very minimal amount. But the toasty, buttery crunchy bread is what made this different. Obviously the texture – but also the taste. Our meatball subs were focused on the meatballs.

This grilled cheese was focused on the CHEESE.

One of the only things in life we should really focus on, in my opinion.

I mean, right?

Spicy Mini Meatball Grilled Cheese

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Ingredients

meatballs

sandwiches

  • 2 tablespoons softened butter for spreading
  • 4 slices seedy whole grain bread, or your favorite bread
  • 4 ounces fontina cheese, freshly grated
  • 2 ounces provolone cheese, freshly grated

Instructions 

  • To make the meatballs, combine the beef, cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, basil, parsley, pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix until just combined (don’t overmix!) and them form meatballs that are a little less than 1-inch in diameter. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Add the meatballs and cook until they are browned on all sides (don’t worry about them being cooked through yet), about 5 minutes total.
  • Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the diced tomatoes, butter, another pinch of salt and pepper and stir. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes. Now, do what you want with your meatballs! Like make grilled cheese.
  • To make the grilled cheese, spread the outsides of the bread with a 1/2 tablespoon of softened butter. Heat a skillet or griddle over medium heat. Add some grated fontina to the bottom slice of bread, cover it with a few meatballs (I sliced mine in half), add a bit more fontina and another bread slice. Cook the sandwich until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden and toasty. Serve immediately!
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