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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Lightly shape ground beef into 1 1/2-inch balls. | 2. Lightly brown balls in margarine in large frying-pan, about 5 minutes. | 3. Add the green pepper and onion to meatballs; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. | 4. Drain tomatoes, reserving liquid. | 5. Add tomatoes, all but 1/4 c tomato liquid, basil and thyme to meat balls. | 6. Cover tightly and cook slowly 5 minutes. | 7. Combine reserved tomato liquid with flour, stirring until smooth. | 8. Stir into meatballs, cover tightly and cook 5 minutes or until slightly thick. | 9. Meanwhile prepare Italian Bread Basket and place on platter. | 10. Spoon meatball mixture into and around bread. | 11. Garnish with green pepper rings and cherry tomatoes, if desired. | 12. Italian Bread Basket: | 13. 1 Loaf (16 ozs) Italian Bread, Unsliced | 14. 1/4 Cup Margarine, Melted | 15. 1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese, Grated | 16. Cut a 3/4 slice from top of bread. | 17. With fork, scoop out inside of bread to form basket, leaving 1-inch bread on all sides and bottom of loaf. | 18. Place loaf on foil in shallow baking pan. | 19. Brush top, sides and inside of bread with melted margarine. | 20. Sprinkle loaf with Parmesan cheese, coating sides evenly. | 21. Bake in hot oven (400 Degrees F.) for 10 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef chuck	2		Ground	1269.3362	2.8107	191.5791	55.0348
margarine	2	tablespoons		202.75799999999998	0.2538	0.2538	22.701
green pepper	1		Chopped	23.8	5.5216	1.0234	0.2023
onion	1		Chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
tomato	1	can	stewed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
basil	1/2	teaspoon		0.1016	0.0117	0.0139	0.0028
thyme	1/4	teaspoon		0.20199999999999999	0.0489	0.0111	0.0034
flour	2	tablespoons	unbleached	45.136	3.3197	3.9322	2.1476
italian bread basket				-	-	-	-
green pepper ring				-	-	-	-
cherry tomato				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.