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THE Italian meatball

gmn0415
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Ingredients

15 mins
10 servings
  1. 1 lbground 80/20 beef
  2. 1 lbground veal or pork
  3. 1 cupItalian seasoned breadcrumbs
  4. 1 cloveminced garlic
  5. 1 smallonion minced
  6. 1/2 cupgrated parmessan cheese
  7. 1 tbspred wine
  8. 1 tspkosher salt
  9. 1/4 tspfresh grated black pepper
  10. 1 dashred pepper flakes if desired
  11. 2 largeEgg
  12. 1 tbspItalian seasoning, or
  13. 1 tsporegano
  14. 1 tspbasil
  15. 1 tsprosemary

Cooking Instructions

15 mins
  1. 1

    preheat oven to 400°F

  2. 2

    Meatballs will steam bake while you make asunday "gravy"

  3. 3

    spray a baking sheet with cooking spray

  4. 4

    in large glass bowl, place two ground meats, eggs, onion, garlic, breadcrumbsand rest of ingredients.

  5. 5

    gently mix with clean hands.

  6. 6

    the less you handle mixing, the more tender the meatballs...nobody likes a tough meatball...am I right

  7. 7

    gently shape into balls the size of golf balls...slightly larger, and place one at a time on baking sheet

  8. 8

    should make 24 good sized balls

  9. 9

    pour 1 cup of water around meatballs on baking sheet for steaming

  10. 10

    cover with tented foil sealed to steam gently.

  11. 11

    place in preheated oven for 25 min...you will smell when they are done

  12. 12

    Remove from oven and add to Sunday gravy...keep one out to cut up and make a smmy with you fresh Italian bread which we will tackel later.The cook ALWAYS gets to sample her masterpiece.

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