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Pork

Homemade Meatballs Recipe

Do you struggle with making Italian meatballs? Do you resort to buying the frozen kind?

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

20 mins

Servings:

4

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups white bread crusts removed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 2/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 white onion micrograted
  • 4 large garlic cloves micrograted
  • 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley minced
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 2 teaspoons coarse salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground beef bouillon
  • 1 pound ground beef broken into 1 inch pieces, minimum of 80/20 mix
  • 1 pound ground pork broken into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 pound ground veal broken into 1 inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion , chopped
  • 5-6 cloves garlic , minced
  • 28 ounces plain tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 dried bay leaf

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and make the tomato sauce, if desired.
  2. Place the cubed white bread and evaporated milk into a large mixing bowl, tossing to combine. Allow to sit while you prepare other ingredients. Bread will start to disintegrate and absorb milk.
  3. Add the grated onion and garlic to the bread, mix well. Add the parsley, eggs, salt, pepper and beef bouillon, continue to mix well.
  4. Working in 3 rounds, add 1/3 of each type of ground meat, blending with your fingers until it just comes together until everything is combined.
  5. Take 2-3 tablespoons of meat and toss back and forth between your hands to pack. Meatballs should be approximately 2-3 inches wide (I like big meatballs!)
  6. Place onto a broiler pan or a baking sheet fitted with a wire rack, make sure the meatballs are not touching. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
  7. Remove and simmer in the the prepared tomato sauce or your other favorite sauce.
  8. In a large Dutch oven or pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and saute for 3-4 minutes until soft and fragrant. Add the garlic, sauteing for 1 additional minute.
  9. Stir in the tomato sauce, sugar, basil, salt and bay leaf. Simmer for 20-20 minutes or until flavors marry. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
  10. Add the meatballs to the sauce and simmer for an additional hour.
  11. If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings.