{"id":7380,"date":"2007-11-29T22:45:31","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T05:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=7380"},"modified":"2023-09-10T02:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T09:48:21","slug":"easy-meatball-panini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=7380","title":{"rendered":"Easy Meatball Panini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">1<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>1-pound package frozen Italian-style cooked meatballs (16 to 32 meatballs) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">1<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>8-ounce can pizza sauce or 1 cup bottled pasta sauce <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">1\/2<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>cup water <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">4<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>ciabatta rolls or hoagie buns <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">4<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>slices provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese (4 ounces) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">8<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>large fresh basil or spinach leaves (optional) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Preheat the broiler. In a large saucepan combine meatballs, pizza sauce, and water. Heat until sauce bubbles. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Meanwhile, cut a thin slice from the tops of rolls; hollow out roll leaving a 1\/4- to 1\/2-inch-thick shell. (Discard or save bread from rolls for another use.) Place hollowed-out rolls and roll tops, cut sides up, on a baking sheet. Broil 3 to 4 inches from the heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly toasted. Remove roll tops from baking sheet. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Spoon meatballs and sauce into toasted rolls. Top with cheese. Broil about 1 minute more or until cheese melts. To serve, place basil or spinach leaves on top of cheese and replace roll tops.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\u00a0\u00a01-pound package frozen Italian-style cooked meatballs (16 to 32 meatballs) 1\u00a0\u00a08-ounce can pizza sauce or 1 cup bottled pasta sauce 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0cup water 4\u00a0\u00a0ciabatta rolls or hoagie buns 4\u00a0\u00a0slices provolone cheese or mozzarella cheese (4 ounces) 8\u00a0\u00a0large fresh basil or spinach leaves (optional) \u00a0 Preheat the broiler. In a large saucepan combine meatballs, pizza sauce, and water. Heat until sauce bubbles. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. \u00a0Meanwhile, cut a thin slice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=7380\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-7380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sandwiches-lunch-dishes","tag-meatball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35641,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380\/revisions\/35641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}