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Italian Meatballs - The Real Thing

Posted by a tourist on March 13, 2007 - 7:52pm

Summary

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Source

My mother

Prep Time45 minutes

Description

My mother's recipe, simply delicious. I have been told they are the best.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb triple mix ground meat, ( beef, veal, pork)
  • 1 c grated romano cheese
  • 1 c moistened bread crumbs
  • 2 T parsley
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pn salt
  • 1 pn black pepper
  • 2 clv garlic minced or crushed
  • 1 lb ground beef lean

Instructions

Mix meat together. Add cheese and garlic and parsley to moistened bread crumbs. Add egg. Mix well until all ingredients are mixed but do not over mix. Add salt and pepper. TEST The meatballs by rolling a small one and pan fry to taste test. Once you are pleased with the flavo*u*r, you can form the meat into balls, and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until slightly brown. Place in your favorite sauce ( aka Gravy- a NJ/Philadelphia- Italian term) to finish cooking .

Notes

These meatballs also work as the little tiny meatballs in escarole or Italian Wedding soup.

If you cook them a tad longer, you can cool them and freeze in freezer bags for later use.

Baking the meatballs does not take away from the taste, however it does reduce the fat a bit since you are not frying them in garlic and oil.( alternative cooking method)

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What about the gravy recipe?

Submitted by bub on April 16, 2007 - 6:02pm.

You cant have meatballs without proper*gravy*.

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proper gravy!

Submitted by bub on July 4, 2007 - 1:31am.

Arora just shared her secret gravy recipe with me, its a jar of ragu :)

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