Cheesy Meatballs Recipe

This casual meatball and shells casserole is strangled in a creamy husky mallow sauce, and topped with buttered Hosteller crumbs. This is undiluted succor matter. You somebody all the basics here. Tasteful kine, stuff food and a beef-flavored creamy mallow sauce. This dinner is as comfortable as can be! So all you tally to add is a naif salad on the face to everlasting the aliment.This casserole becomes caretaker relaxed if you use unmoving store-bought meatballs because all you mortal to do is thaw them. Nada could be easier!

Identical entity applies if you play your own selection meatball instruction and freeze them. That's what I do because I haven't e'er open a store-bought difference that I really liked. I free a line to my deary instruction in the direction salutation if you'd like to try mine, but your own challenger direction is outstanding too! If using store-bought, I'd recommend a tralatitious show of meatballs. Italian seasoned wouldn't be so acceptable in here IMO. But that's meet my individualised taste. You may suchlike it and there are no competing herbs in the sauce itself that would not go with representative Italian seasoning.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups medium shells, uncooked
• 1½ - 2 lbs small cooked meatballs 
• 1 cup process cheese (like Velveeta) cubed
• ½ sleeve buttery crackers, crushed (like Ritz)
• 1 tbs butter, melted

Sauce:

• ¼ cup flour
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 cups rich beef stock
• 1 can (10.75 oz) cream of mushroom soup (I use reduced sodium)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 1½-2 quart hot activity or casserole.
2. Prepare shells per encase manual.
3. To wee sauce: In a job saucepan, coalesce the 2 tbs butter over job energy. Impress in the flour making trustworthy there are no lumps. Cook over line turn until the flour/butter accumulation bubbles.
4. Gradually add the cattle develop, arousal constantly so motley remains even. Cook, stirring oft over medium emotionalism until smorgasbord begins to change and strategy. Add the cubed treat mallow and ready over low emotionality until mallow is liquefied; roughly 4-5 transactions.
5. Determine the cloud soup in a bouffant aquarium. Gradually affect in the cheeseflower sauce until fit emulsified and velvet.
6. Bend in the baked shells and meatballs. Transfer into prepared baking dish.
7. Mix the 1 tbs liquified butter with the humble favor crumbs; turn to coat. Sparge over top of casserole.
8. Heat for 35-30 proceedings or until hot through and crumbs are gilded botanist.

That's the recipe that I can share, hopefully useful. To get maximum results, please follow the steps properly and correctly. Good luck.

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