Italian Baked Eggs and Meatballs (2024)

These Italian Baked Eggs and Meatballs are the BEST comfort food! Easy homemade meatballs and sunny side up eggs are simmered in a smooth marinara sauce – a delicious brunch dish that makes a great dinner, too.

TheseEasy Crockpot Italian Meatballsin Marinara Sauce are probably one of my favorite comfort food. The Italian spiced meatballs and the smooth tomato sauce are so comforting and easy to whip up. But today’s recipe makes this easy dish even more delicious.

Who doesn’t love to dip a slice of rustic white bread into a runny egg yolk?! These Italian Baked Eggs and Meatballs are the perfect cozy dish for brunch and dinner. You can basically eat it all day!

My favorite foolproof meatballs are simmered in tomato sauce and then topped with eggs that are baked to perfection in the oven. A family-friendly meal that only takes 35 minutes to make!

These Italian Baked Eggs make a great brunch dish but my family loves these for dinner, too. I serve them with some rustic bread on the side and parmesan sprinkled on top. This is one of those dishes that make you feel warm and cozy instantly!

Most of the time I have everything I need for this easy meal at home which makes it super convenient. A few weeks ago I started to freeze ground beef. I always had the problem that when I bought ground beef on my weekly grocery run it started to go bad even before the expiration date was reached.

So now I immediately freeze the meat when I come home and have “fresh” ground beef ready for when I need it. I transfer it to zip-lock bags and pack it really flat so that it defrosts quicker. This saves me money and time!

How to makeItalian Baked Eggs and Meatballs

For this recipe, you’ll need a cast iron panand a cheesegraterfor the parmesan cheese if you want to grate it yourself which I recommend, it just tastes better in my opinion and the cheese keeps fresh longer.

While the oven is preheating start making the meatballs. Just combine everything and shape the mixture into small meatballs. If you have more time you can cover the prepared meatballs with plastic foil and let them rest in the fridge for a few minutes to firm up more but I’m not really a patient person so I start to fry mine as soon as they are shaped.

Saute the meatballs in your cast iron pan until they’re nicely browned. I like to use my cast iron pan for this because you can do everything in one pan – cooking the meatballs and baking everything in the oven. When the meatballs are brown add the marinara sauce, you can use homemade sauce or store-bought sauce (I like this Italian Tomato Sauce).

Now it’s time to make room for the eggs. Use a spoon to make little dents into the tomato sauce and crack one egg into each of them. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for about 15 minutes. We like our eggs soft but you can bake them a little bit longer if you want them more done.

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