Wegmans Homemade Meatballs (serve with Sunday sauce)

This recipe is a bit labor intensive because the sauce needs to cook for a total of 6 hours ! Perfect recipe when trapped in for a snowstorm. Because I was trapped and only could use what I had on hand I actually ended up doubling the meatball recipe - instead of 2# of ground beef - I used 1# ground beef with 1/2# ground veal and 1/2# ground pork. I will probably freeze the second batch.

1 cup Wegmans Panko White Bread Crumbs
1/3 cup Italian Classics Grated Pecorino Romano (Cheese Shop)
2 Tbsp minced Food You Feel Good About Italian Parsley
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
4 cloves Food You Feel Good About Cleaned & Cut Peeled Garlic, minced
2 Food You Feel Good About Large Eggs
1/2 cup water
1 lb Wegmans 80/20 Lean Ground Beef

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Add panko, cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, seasoning, and garlic to large bowl; stir to combine. Make well in dry ingredients. Add eggs and water to well; stir to combine. Add beef; mix by hand until just combined (over mixing will toughen meatballs).
    
2. Scoop about 3 Tbsp meat mixture to form balls; roll in cupped hands to smooth (for easier handling, moisten hands occasionally as you work). Arrange meatballs on baking sheet, about 1 1/2-inches apart. 
    
3. Bake 15-17 min or until internal temp reaches 160 degrees (check internal temp by inserting thermometer halfway into thickest part of meatball). Transfer to clean platter.