Pats Standard Meatballs Recipes

PAT'S STANDARD MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Beat the worcestershire sauce into the eggs.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend all ingredients well with your hands, EXCEPT for the olive oil, spaghetti sauce, and chicken broth.
• Make up the meatballs, about 1 1/2" in diameter each. Set them aside on cookie sheets covered with wax paper.
• Over medium heat in a large skillet (I use an electric skillet), heat the olive oil.
• Brown all the meatballs on all sides. This will be about 3 batches. As they are done, set them on a platter to allow oil to drain.
• In a roaster pan, pour in the spaghetti sauce and chicken broth and blend with a whisk. Put all the meatballs in the sauce and bake, covered, at 300-degrees F. for 90 minutes.
• Either serve over spaghetti (garnish with fresh parsley), or, store the cooled meatballs and sauce in freezer-type zip-lock bags and freeze for later use.
• You can add 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese to the meatball mix as an option if you wish. Also, for a more mellow sauce, add 1/2 cup dry red wine.

QUICK AND SIMPLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine eggs, water, onion, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic and seasonings; mix well. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place meatballs on greased racks in shallow baking pans. Bake, uncovered, until no longer pink, 15-18 minutes. , Freeze option: Freeze cooled meatballs in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in the microwave.

ITALIAN MEATBALLS PAT'S RECIEPE

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl mix: ground meat, garlic powder, black pepper, italian seasoning, parsley, onions, seasoned bread crumbs, ketchup/or sauce, green pepper, and 1 egg.
• 2. Mix the meat and other ingredients, by hand until well blended. Then roll into approximately 15 meatballs(2" in diameter) or for more meatballs make them smaller.
• 3. Then add directly into your sauce, make sure all meatballs are submerged under the sauce. Cook in sauce and stir ocassionally until they reach 165 degrees, approximately 2 hours.
• **Continue to next step if you prefer to fry them up a little first.
• 5. In a large frying pan, add the olive oil and heat. After heated about 1 minute drop in your meatballs and turn with a fork and cook till browned on all sides.
• 6. Add meatballs and brown on all sides. Then set them aside on a paper towel to drain off some of the fat. Repeat until all meatballs are browned.
• 7. Then add them into your sauce cooking them approximately 1 1/2 hours. Until they reach 165 degrees.