Awesome Homemade Meatballs
Ingredients
For Meatballs:
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 lb. ground veal
- 1 lb. ground pork
- 2.25 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 1.5 cup buttermilk
- 3 large eggs
- 5 oz. prosciutto thinly sliced and chopped fine
- 3 oz. parmesan cheese Grated about 1 1/2 cups
- 6 Tbsp. parsley fresh minced
- 3 cloves garlic pressed through a garlic press - about 1 tablespoon
- 1.5 tsp. unflavored gelatin dissolved in 3 tablespoons of water
- 1.5 tsp. salt
- 1.5 tsp. pepper
- 1.5 tsp. oregano dried leaves
Instructions
For Meatballs:
- Place wire racks in 2 foil-lined rimmed baking sheets. Adjust oven racks to lower-middle and upper-middle positions and heat oven to 450 degrees.
- Combine bread crumbs and buttermilk in large bowl and let sit, mashing occasionally with fork, until smooth paste forms, about 10 minutes.
- Add eggs, beef, pork, prosciutto, Parmesan, parsley, garlic, gelatin mixture, 11/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper to bread-crumb mixture. Using hands, gently mix until thoroughly combined.
- Lightly form about ¼ cup mixture into 2-inch round meatball (about 2 ounces); repeat with remaining mixture to form approximately 40 meatballs. Spray wire racks with nonstick cooking spray and place meatballs, evenly spaced, on racks; roast until browned, about 30 minutes, rotating trays from front to back and top to bottom halfway through.
- As the meatballs come out of the oven, I drop them into a pot of my favorite marinara sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 498kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 177mg | Sodium: 773mg | Potassium: 599mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 979IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 226mg | Iron: 4mg