Kingfisher
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Anybody got a good meatball recipe? Thanks in advance!
Meatballs
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Jogeephus
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I don't but someone posted a good recipe on here a few years ago. Try the search, it was a good one.
One lb ground beef, one pound hot bulk Italian sausage, one pound ground turkey. 2 or 3 eggs. about a cup of fresh chopped Italian parsley, at least one cup of romano cheese(can use parm), salt pepper,
Now for the single most important ingredient. take one loaf of store bought garlic bread and put it in the oven until it is overcooked and pretty much too hard to eat. Then after it sits out overnight unwrapped chop it into 1/4 in pieces and mix one to one and 1/2 cups of these cubes with the meat and other ingredients.
stir in as much as possible and try not to compress the meat. Then make meatballs if you have a disher use it to scoop them up. LIGHTLY roll them between your hands, two ounces is about right. Again DO NOT make them hard. Let them be as loosely packed as possible then bake them in the oven at 300 until done. Or fry in a nonstick skillet.
WE do not ever cook meatballs in the sauce If you do they turn into sponges and suck up all of your sauce.. we cook them separately and then pour some sauce over them on the plate.
Any of these ingredients may be adjusted to suit your taste EXCEPT the garlic bread. It is the critical ingredient./
Now for the single most important ingredient. take one loaf of store bought garlic bread and put it in the oven until it is overcooked and pretty much too hard to eat. Then after it sits out overnight unwrapped chop it into 1/4 in pieces and mix one to one and 1/2 cups of these cubes with the meat and other ingredients.
stir in as much as possible and try not to compress the meat. Then make meatballs if you have a disher use it to scoop them up. LIGHTLY roll them between your hands, two ounces is about right. Again DO NOT make them hard. Let them be as loosely packed as possible then bake them in the oven at 300 until done. Or fry in a nonstick skillet.
WE do not ever cook meatballs in the sauce If you do they turn into sponges and suck up all of your sauce.. we cook them separately and then pour some sauce over them on the plate.
Any of these ingredients may be adjusted to suit your taste EXCEPT the garlic bread. It is the critical ingredient./
1982vett
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Started to make some meatloaf last night and fried a little bit up to taste test.....tasted so good I made meatballs out of half of the mixture.
Was something like:
1 1/2 lbs ground longhorn/angus hamburger meat (from my neighbor)
1/2 lb Jimmy Dean Original Sausage (was afraid hamburger wouldn't have enough fat)
salt, black pepper, garlic salt
1 sleeve Nabisco Premium Crackers (crushed)
chopped green onion (about 1/2 cup)
grated carrot (about 1/2 cup)
chopped celery (about 1/2 cup)
1 egg
Hy-Top 4 Italian Cheese Blend (about 1 cup)
then about a cup of chicken broth cause the meatloaf recipe I used as a guide wanted bread soaked in milk....
Like 3way....scooped into about a 1 1/2 inch ball. I pan fried/browned in olive oil then added chicken broth, covered and simmered till done.
Meatloaf was good too....
just form into a loaf, wrap in bacon or as I did...chop and pat it into the meat and glaze with 2/3rds mixture of:
1 cup ketchup
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
tsp lemon juice
Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes, reglaze and go another 10 minutes.
Was something like:
1 1/2 lbs ground longhorn/angus hamburger meat (from my neighbor)
1/2 lb Jimmy Dean Original Sausage (was afraid hamburger wouldn't have enough fat)
salt, black pepper, garlic salt
1 sleeve Nabisco Premium Crackers (crushed)
chopped green onion (about 1/2 cup)
grated carrot (about 1/2 cup)
chopped celery (about 1/2 cup)
1 egg
Hy-Top 4 Italian Cheese Blend (about 1 cup)
then about a cup of chicken broth cause the meatloaf recipe I used as a guide wanted bread soaked in milk....
Like 3way....scooped into about a 1 1/2 inch ball. I pan fried/browned in olive oil then added chicken broth, covered and simmered till done.
Meatloaf was good too....
just form into a loaf, wrap in bacon or as I did...chop and pat it into the meat and glaze with 2/3rds mixture of:
1 cup ketchup
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
tsp lemon juice
Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes, reglaze and go another 10 minutes.
ga.prime
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Get a roll of Jimmy Dean sage recipe sausage and roll into balls about an inch in diameter...or whatever diameter you want.... brown in skillet and add to sauce.
Besides the regular sausage I add about the same amount of sweet Italian sausage.
I also use one of those fancy perforated meatloaf pans that lets you lift it out and keep the meatloaf out of the accumulated grease in the bottom.
I also use one of those fancy perforated meatloaf pans that lets you lift it out and keep the meatloaf out of the accumulated grease in the bottom.
