Linguine with Ricotta Meatballs

This is not how you make ricotta meatballs. I wouldn't even try making it because the recipe is terrible.

I quite liked these meatballs. I added oregano and basil, although it ended up being too much oregano, that's my fault. It would have been good to add salt, as well. Nevertheless, I thought they turned out tender and pretty tasty. I took another reviewer's advice and baked them, as I could see how they would fall apart while in a saute pan. 

Made exactly as instructed, meatballs did not fall apart and it was delicious. Used seasoned panko, will make again, ricotta made them creamy with great flavor.

I like the meatballs and the whole dish went together quickly - perfect for a work night.  However, I thought there wasn't enough sauce and next time, I'll add more garlic.  Homemade marinara sauce would be even better.

Very simple and easy to prepare. I had leftover veal/pork/beef mix so used that as my meat. The ricotta made the meatballs very tender. Next time, I would add more marinara as I like my pasta saucy.

I thought these meatballs were good overall. Unlike other reviewers, I thought they were flavorful for a rather simple recipe with few ingredients. Of course, if you enjoy other spices and ingredients in your meatballs, you could definitely add them. They were definitely salty enough due to the saltiness of the pecorino Romano cheese. I also used whole milk ricotta from the farm stand since that's what I had on hand. I also doubled the recipe and used ground turkey instead of sirloin. Although I was able to shape the meatballs, mine also fell apart while I was trying to brown them in the skillet. I thought this could have been because my skillet is old and things are sticking to it more so, but glad to hear other reviewers had trouble with this. Due to this issue, I decided to only brown half of the meatballs and bake the other half in the oven for about 20 min at 400 degrees and then add them to the pasta and sauce afterwards. Next time I would definitely bake all the meatballs.

While this was very tasty, the meatballs just didn't hold up, despite following the recipe exactly. I eventually just browned it all and created a meat sauce. It was really good, but I won't bother with it again.

I also accidentally doubled the amount of meat, but that's not why I'm giving this recipe a low rating. PLEASE, if you make this, add some spices to the meatballs! Salt, pepper, basil, oregano, anything. It's distastefully bland without the spices. I know other reviewers gave this a higher rating, but they did not make the recipe as written.

I doubled the recipe as I had a pound of ground beef. I think I forgot to double the bread crumbs as my meatballs fell apart while cooking them. Also I couldn't find fresh linguine so I bought and used a box of barilla. Despite my faux pas with the meatballs, it came out great. Family loved it.

I made these tonight and had to modify a bit. I did not look at the beef instructions, that the meat should be 90% lean. I bought 96% lean. I forgot the ricotta and had to run to Trader Joes at the last minute and all they had was whole milk ricotta. So, my sons loved this; even the one who does not like spaghetti and meatballs. I do think that the balls could use some salt and spices (a little basil and oregano) and you could or could not up the garlic depending on taste.

Quick and easy! My first time to make meatballs--not difficult at all. Will definitely make again for a quick weeknight meal

Good. Took me much longer than 25 minutes. I added seasoning (salt, pepper, oregano) to the meatbal.s .nd was glad i did.