How do you cook your meatballs?
#21
I am married to a Sicilian. and his mother taught me to make them and put on a rack in the oven with a 1/2 cup beef broth in the bottom and cook for about 30 min, then put it all in the sauce. I use three kinds of meat. beef ,pork and veal.
#22
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Around here, meatballs fall into the fast food category. Whenever we're out, I make about 5 pounds of ground meat into small meatballs. I have all kinds of different flavourings, and they all get baked, frozen individually, then put into freezer bags for quick additions to meals.
I just bake them on a parchment-covered cookie sheet.
I just bake them on a parchment-covered cookie sheet.
#23
Originally Posted by wildyard
I use very lean meat and drop them raw into the sauce to cook. I make them about 1 1/2 inch diameter. They are very flavorful this way and add flavor to the sauce also.
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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i don't have that kind of time. i buy the frozen meatballs at sams, then i put them in a watered down sauce in my preasure cooker and cook 15 mins. then take the lid off add the rest of the sauce and simmer to thicken the sauce.the meat balls has the sauce and flavor throught-out. good eats.
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#25
For the longest time I used to bake my meatballs. Then I tasted my friend Janet's meatballs. I never had such delicious meatballs. Now I just toss them into my sauce just like she does.
Yummy !!!!
Yummy !!!!
#26
Originally Posted by Slow2Sew
I buy mine in a large bag from Sam's. How sad is that?
Good to keep some on hand if you have the freezer room.
THANK YOU EVERYONE for your meat-a-ball insights. I'll try the in the cook-dirctly-in-the-sauce next time.
Again... many thanks.
#28
An important hint for cooking them in the sauce; bring the sauce to a boil then after you drop the meatballs in, lower the heat to a simmer. Cover and let simmer for 15-20 min. on low heat till meatballs are cooked. DO NOT STIR during this time or you will break the meatballs up and end up with meatsauce.
#29
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Location: Louisiana
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I cook my sauce for four hours. I bake my meatballs in the oven for 30 minutes and put them in the sauce 30 minutes before the sauce is finished. I also put some mild Italian Sausage in the sauce, usually about 6 links. It gives the sauce a good flavor. I cook it in the microwave for about 2 minutes, maybe less, check it. Then I put it in the sauce. Can't cook it too long because it cooks in the sauce. Let simmer for 30 minutes.
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