Whatever recipe you go with, I use an ice cream scoop to make my meatballs. About 1 1/2" scoop. Just right size. I use 80/20 ground beef (1 lb.) and Jimmy Dean sausage (1 lb.) add any other seasonings. I never add milk. I usually bake in oven at 350 for about 40 minutes then ad sauce. I just use my favorite pizza/pasta sauce. So many recipes on the board but just wanted to add a few quick tips.
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Sounds good...is that fresh parsley or dried?
Originally Posted by Krsy
(Post 6486540)
This is a recipe from an elderly neighbor, she came to the states in 1959 from Italy.
1lb. ground chuck 1/2lb. ground pork 1/4 cup parsley 1 cup bread crumbs 3 cloves garlic 1/2 cup Romano cheese 4 eggs 1/4 cup water 1/2 tsp Salt 1/8 tsp pepper Bake on greased cookie sheet for 25 minutes in 400 degree oven. |
I prefer the fresh parsley but dried worked the few times I've made them using it.
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Ditto on the grape jelly instead of apple post. Chili sauce mixed with grape jelly sounds nothing but awful.....until you taste it once. I am using a sauce of equal parts peach preserves and Dijon mustard on chicken and pork right now, and I bet it would be good on meatballs too. Saw it on some show on Food Network. It tastes nothing like either ingredient, by the way.
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krsy that is as close to italian as you can get. usually i use a mix of beef, veal and pork. and i only use 1 egg. but recipe sounds fine.
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We had trouble finding the veal on a regular basis so the recipe was changed slightly.
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Check out the Pioneer Womans web site at Foodnetwork.com I made these last week and they are do delicious. I will make them again and again, as long as DH eats them! Wonderful.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/ree-drummond/index.html |
By all means, add some grated Parmesan cheese to the meatballs! It makes a world of different in the taste.
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KRSY - do you use DRIED bread crumbs you buy at the store, or FRESH bread crumbs? THX
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Dried bread crumbs from the store, and we used seasoned, which I prefer, or the unseasoned which gave a more meat/cheese flavor to the finished meatball.
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