Italian Meatballs

Our favorite meatball recipe!.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb ground pork
• 1⁄2 lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 lb  ground veal
• 1⁄2 cup  Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1  cup  Italian bread, diced small pieces
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄3 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 1⁄2 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 cup Italian parsley, Chopped
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon sea salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground

Directions

1. Combine Italian Bread Cubes (small cubes) and milk and let sit for a few minutes.
2. Crumble pork, beef and veal in a mixing bowl.
3. Sprinkle the dry bread crumbs, cheese, parsley and garlic over meat.
4. In a separate small bowl - - beat egg, salt and black pepper until blended. Pour over meat mixture.
5. Mix ingredients.
6. Italian Bread Cubed - - squeeze out excess milk from bread crumbs and add bread cubes to meat mixture. Gently mix. If mixture seems a little dry, add a small amount of remaining milk as needed.
7. Shape the meat mixture into 1 1/2" meatballs.
8. Cooking Options:
9. A. Roll meatballs into flour until lightly coated. Cook meatballs in olive oil until golden brown and cooked in middle.
10. B. Or place meatballs on a baking sheet and cook at 425 degrees for about 25 - 30 minutes.
11. At this point the meatballs can be added to sauce or frozen for a later use.