Meatballs

Italian Meatballs

·         2 slices of bread (I use wheat sandwich bread)

·         ½ cup milk

·         A little over a ¼pd of each, ground beef, ground pork, ground veal

·         1 egg

·         ½ onion chopped finely (about ½ cup)

·         4 cloves of garlic finely chopped

·         Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about ¾ cup)

·         Fresh parsley chopped (about ¼ cup)

·         Salt and pepper to taste

·         Italian seasoned breadcrumbs

(I grate the garlic and onion on a box grater so it’s very fine)

Tear bread into pieces and soak in milk until soggy (about 5 min.)  Squeeze milk from the bread and combine with rest of ingredients except for the breadcrumbs (easiest way is to mix is with your hands).   

Shape into meatballs.  Roll each meatball in the breadcrumbs.  In about 1 tbls. Olive oil sauté meatballs in batches, turning every few minutes to brown each side best you can.  Finish cooking in simmering tomato sauce.