Marisa’s quick-and-easy homemade meatball recipeSTEPS 4 INGREDIENTS 6 TIME 10 MINS (to prepare)
As this recipe demonstrates, any fool can make these beauties! You just need 6 ingredients, 10 minutes to prepare the balls, and 20-30 minutes to cook them up (depending on what you’re having them with). Here are some ideas… • Cook up these balls in a classic tomato sauce – then combine with spaghetti or any sauce-friendly short pasta • Use this Italian meatball recipe as practice for when you tackle this beef lasagna recipe • Or maybe you fancy another sauce? Check out the pasta sauces here. Serves 2 Ingredients: (For a printable PDF shopping list click here, or right-click this link and choose 'Save target/link as' to save the list for later.) 100g/3.5oz minced/ground beef 1 egg 300g/10.5oz crusty bread (a little stale if possible – but not mouldy!) 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese Salt Tin of dried breadcrumbs (for top-up). Equipment Mixing bowl Another larger bowl Cheese grater STEP 1 – Let’s get this homemade meatball recipe rolling... Hack the bread into 3 pieces and pop into a large bowl full of room temperature water to soak. When is it soaked? When you can squeeze the bread and see it squiggling through your fingers! (This usually takes just 5 mins). STEP 2 – Now while the bread is soaking away, throw your egg, the ground beef, 2 teaspoons of salt, and the grated parmesan into your mixing bowl. STEP 3 – The bread is probably well soaked by now, so squeeze this like you would a sponge to drain it. Add this messy bread to the mixing bowl and get busy mixing it all together with your hands. Mix for a good 3-5 minutes, until all the ingredients are well combined. Ideally…, the consistency should be ‘moist but not sticky’. If it is still sticky, add a few dried breadcrumbs from the can, mix and repeat until it’s moist. STEP 4 – Okay, it’s time to get creative!
Grab a finger-full of this mixture and roll it in your hands to make each ball. I prefer ping pong-sized balls in general – any larger and sometimes they disintegrate in their sauce. (Note: I get around 30 meatballs from these ingredients). Done! This homemade meatball recipe has to be the easiest going right? Now what? Let me recap a few of your options.. • Combine these balls with a classic tomato sauce – then munch with spaghetti or any sauce-friendly short pasta • Use these balls to follow this sumptuous beef lasagna recipe • Use this recipe as the starting point for a wholesome, cold-weather-fighting meatball soup • Fry these balls in some medium-heat frying or veg oil until they’re cooked through, then serve with fries and pickle/relish. Did you find this homemade meatball recipe easy? Please let me know any feedback.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatball You might also like Wikipedia's meatball page, as it features a list of all the countries that have meatball dishes (it's huge!). New! CommentsHave your say about this page! Just add a comment in the box below. |
