I love Italian food…and I absolutely love meatballs!
They’re tasty, filling and remind me of my Dad. He doesn’t know how to cook a ton of different things, but the one thing that I love that he makes is his meatballs.
Over the years with my culinary experience and personal taste I’ve varied the recipe a bit to include more of my preferences but the general “meat” and bones is there. The fondness I have of my Dad cooking is few and far between. My mom usually did the cooking when they were still together. But when he’d pull these babies out of the pan I knew that I was going to be stuffed that night.
I’ve always enjoyed an uneven meatball to pasta ratio. By that I mean that I would always have four or five meatballs to one serving of pasta. These days since I can regulate my own intake of meatballs it will be 4-5 large meatballs or 8-10 smaller ones per serving of pasta. I’m an adult, darnit!
Meatballs:
- 2# ground pork, beef or turkey
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 medium onion chopped (fineness depending on person eating)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 1/2 tablespoon dried thyme (ground is fine)
- 1 tablespoon onion granules
- 1 tablespoon garlic granules
- 1 cup panko or other breadcrumbs (italian seasoned works as well)
Brown them up nicely and cover with a lid and let them get molto delicioso! Mamma Mia!!!! They’re really tasty! Slightly crunchy on the outside and moist and flavorful on the inside!
juliennedjargon 