Meatball Recipe
-
Category
Main Dish
-
Cusine
Italian
What do you need?
How to make?
Ingredients
2 cups fresh bread crumbs*
3/4 cup whole milk
1 lb. 85% lean ground beef**
1 lb. ground pork
2 large eggs
1/2 cup finely minced yellow onion***
2 garlic cloves
2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh basil
2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh oregano
1 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup olive oil
Directions
In a large mixing bowl stir together bread crumbs and milk while adding more milk 1 Tbsp at a time to moisten bread fully. Let rest while you prep ingredients . To breadcrumb mixture add beef, pork, eggs, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, oregano, parmesan and season over top of ingredients evenly with salt and pepper . Gently toss mixture and break meat up with fingertips until ingredients are evenly mixed. Shape mixture with greased hands into even size meatballs, about 1 1/4-inches each .