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I fried my meatballs, took them out, fried my garlic and put in my tomatoes and basil, brought to simmer and added back my meatballs to cook. Problem is dinner is only in a few hours. Can i keep the meatballs in the sauce at the lowest heat for that long or will they fall apart? If so, should i take them out, refrigerate and put them back in later? i figured longer was better but now i'm worried they'll come apart
I would turn them off - is your kitchen reasonably cool? Probably by the time they get room temp and you COULD put them in the fridge, it'll be time to heat them back up again. It's almost 3:00 CST - depending where you are dinner can't be TOO long off ... they should be fine.
I agree about reheating the meatballs in the sauce - the flavor of both will improve for it and the meatballs will reheat without drying out. I make it ahead and reheat that way all the time.