Grandmas Italian Meatballs Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a small skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-4 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Cool slightly., In a large bowl, combine bread crumbs, cheese, eggs, seasonings and onion mixture. Add turkey and beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls., Place meatballs on a rack coated with cooking spray in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until lightly browned and cooked through, 18-22 minutes. If desired, serve with pasta and pasta sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.
• Mix all ingredients thoroughly in large bowl. If mixture seems a little loose add more bread crumbs.
• Roll meatballs loosely about the size of a golf ball and place on baking sheet. Place into preheated oven for approximately 35 to 40 minutes. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Mix ground beef, garlic, bread crumbs, egg, basil, parmesan cheese, and parsley until combined. Do not overwork meatball mixture.
• Make golfball size meatballs with meatball mixture.
• Brown meatballs in a frying pan over medium heat, or bake at 375 degrees F for about 10 minutes, until cooked through.
• Combine browned meatballs in a pot with sauce and raisins.
• Cook covered, simmering gently over low heat, for at least 3 hours and up to 5 hours, stirring gently occasionaly.
• If sauce becomes too thick over the course of cooking, a small amount of water can be added to thin it.
• Serve over spaghetti, on rolls, or however your heart desires.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (except the olive oil and wine) in a large mixing bowl. Mix well.
• To make the meatballs: With damp hands, take a portion of the ground beef mixture and roll between palms to form a 1-inch round ball that is firmly packed. Repeat. Cook's Tip: If the ground beef mixture becomes too dry for the meatballs to properly stick together, add a sprinkle of water to the mixture as needed.
• Cook the meatballs one of two (2) ways:.
• a. Grandma's way was to drop the hand rolled meatballs into boiling hot tomato sauce during the last 20-30 minutes of the sauce's cooking time.
• b. Another popular method in our family is to fry the meatballs. Heat the olive oil in a wide, heavy-bottomed skillet over a medium-high flame. Add the meatballs, but do not over-crowd the skillet - Cook in a single layer. Cook for 10 or so minutes. As meatballs are finishing, add a little bit of red wine to de-glazethe skillet. Cook's Tip: Brown well on bottoms before turning, or meatballs will break apart. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
• DELICIOUS VARIATION TO THIS RECIPE: Add one (1) chopped anchovie to the above-described ground beef mixture. Reduce your salt to a 1/4 teaspoon.

Steps:

• Mix together ground beef and veal. Add remaining meatball ingredients, mix throughly. Shape evenly into 2 inch round balls. Mixture should be a little sticky.
• In the meantime, saute garlic in olive oil in large nonstick skillet just until garlic is golden brown, then discard garlic. Add meatballs and brown on each side.
• Add pasta sauce and water and mix through, making sure not to break meatballs. Simmer approximately 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Serve as a side dish with pasta or with Italian buns for sandwiches.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat in the bottom of a large saucepan, and fry the garlic cloves 5 to 8 minutes, until brown and fragrant. Remove the garlic cloves and set aside. Place the pig's feet and pork neck bones in the saucepan and fry, turning occasionally, until the meat and bones have browned, about 15 minutes.
• Return the garlic cloves to the saucepan, and stir in the tomato paste and 1 1/2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, and pour in the tomato puree. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 3 hours, stirring from the bottom often to prevent burning, until the pig's feet are tender and the mixture begins to thicken. Stir in the sugar, pepper, and baking soda. Continue to simmer while you prepare the meatballs.
• Soak the torn bread with 1 cup of water in a bowl. Squeeze excess water out of the bread, and place the bread in a large bowl with the 6 beaten eggs, ground pork, ground veal, and ground beef. Mix thoroughly and form into 24 meatballs about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, stir in the minced garlic and chopped fresh basil, let them cook for about 1 minute, and then add the meatballs. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and fry them on all sides until brown, about 15 minutes, working in batches, if necessary.
• Place the browned meatballs, along with the oil, garlic, and basil from the skillet into the sauce, stirring lightly to avoid breaking them. Add the whole hard-boiled eggs, and simmer for about 1 1/2 more hours, until the meatballs are cooked, the sauce is thick, and all the flavors have blended.

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the ground beef, bell pepper, rice, salt and pepper.
• Form 6 equally sized meat balls. They will seem large.
• Place in a 3-4qt pot.
• Cover completely with tomato juice.
• Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to simmer.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and garlic bread sticks.
• Use the tomato juice as gravy. You may add more juice as this will reduce as it cooks.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk until the milk is absorbed (use a good sized bowl that is big enough to hold the other ingredients).
• Add the meat, salt, pepper, allspice, ginger, onion and egg, mix til well blended.
• Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil, add some salt.
• Roll the meat mixture into golfball (or a bit smaller) sized balls.
• Drop the balls into the boiling water and cook covered for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile heat the oven to 350F and in a saucepan combine the brown sugar, broth & melted butter, stir & heat until the sugar is dissolved and forms a glaze.
• Place the meatballs in a single layer in a 9X13 baking dish.
• Spoon the glaze over the meatballs and bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Turn the meatballs a couple of times.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients. Shape mixture into 20 1 ½ inch balls. Place in ungreased rectangular pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.