THE Italian meatball

Name: THE Italian meatball
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb ground 80/20 beef; 1 lb ground veal or pork; 1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs; 1 clove minced garlic; 1 small onion minced; 1/2 cup grated parmessan cheese; 1 tbsp red wine; 1 tsp kosher salt; 1/4 tsp fresh grated black pepper; 1 dash red pepper flakes if desired; 2 large Egg; 1 tbsp Italian seasoning, or; 1 tsp oregano; 1 tsp basil; 1 tsp rosemary

gmn0415 @cook_3341364

THE Italian meatball

gmn0415 @cook_3341364

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Ingredients

15 mins

10 servings

1 lbground 80/20 beef
1 lbground veal or pork
1 cupItalian seasoned breadcrumbs
1 cloveminced garlic
1 smallonion minced
1/2 cupgrated parmessan cheese
1 tbspred wine
1 tspkosher salt
1/4 tspfresh grated black pepper
1 dashred pepper flakes if desired
2 largeEgg
1 tbspItalian seasoning, or
1 tsporegano
1 tspbasil
1 tsprosemary

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Steps

15 mins

1

preheat oven to 400°F
2

Meatballs will steam bake while you make asunday "gravy"
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spray a baking sheet with cooking spray
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in large glass bowl, place two ground meats, eggs, onion, garlic, breadcrumbsand rest of ingredients.
5

gently mix with clean hands.
6

the less you handle mixing, the more tender the meatballs...nobody likes a tough meatball...am I right
7

gently shape into balls the size of golf balls...slightly larger, and place one at a time on baking sheet
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should make 24 good sized balls
9

pour 1 cup of water around meatballs on baking sheet for steaming
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cover with tented foil sealed to steam gently.
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place in preheated oven for 25 min...you will smell when they are done
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.