Cheesy meatball casserole

 

3 potatoes, peeled and boiled

1 white onion

1 package of ground beef

1 teaspoon of chopped parsley

1 pinch of paprika

1 large bag of shredded mozzarella

bechamel sauce

salt

pepper

BECHAMEL SAUCE:

5 tablespoons of butter

4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour

4 cups of milk

2 teaspoons of salt

 

  to make a basic béchamel sauce: Get a medium saucepan and melt your butter over medium-low heat. Add in flour and stir it all up until it gets smooth. Keep cooking your mixture until it all turns a light golden color, for about six or seven minutes.

In the meantime, heat your milk in a separate pan until it’s almost at a boil. Once it’s hot enough, gradually add your hot milk one cup at a time to the butter, continually whisking the entire time until it’s smooth. Once all the milk is incorporated, bring the whole thing to a boil and cook for 10 minutes, stirring it constantly. Season it at the end with salt and you’re good to go!

Now that your sauce is ready, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Next, mix in your package of beef along with your chopped parsley and paprika. Add a little bit of salt and pepper as well.   Mix together all the ingredients until they’re evenly combined.

Peel three potatoes and boil them until they’re semi-soft, around seven minutes. Once they’re ready, take them out and chop them into slices, arranging them around the bottom of a round glass baking dish. Lay one layer flat on the bottom and arrange another layer around the sides as well.

  the entire meat mixture should form about 15 meatballs. Arrange them on your slices of potato that you laid out earlier.

Once you’ve got your meatballs placed together, use your remaining slices of potato to put walls between the meatballs so each one has its own compartment. Pour your béchamel sauce into each one of the “compartments” until it’s relatively full and top the entire dish with a thin layer of shredded mozzarella.

Place in your preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.  

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