Monday, August 19, 2013
Sensational Sweet and Sour Meatballs
The first year I made them for our Christmas party, they were gone almost immediately. The recipe makes around 80 meatballs so I thought it would be enough with all of the other food. Last year I doubled the recipe and still they were asking for more. I guess I will triple the recipe this year. lol!
The great thing about this recipe is that you can make them in advance and then just cook them in the sauce the day of your party. They also freeze well in the sauce if you have leftovers. Yeah, right! I made them this weekend so that my husband would have some food while I am in LA.
The recipe may look complicated, but it is not.
First, mix the ingredients for the meatballs.
Second, place the formed meatballs on cookie trays.
Third, bake meatballs at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
At this point, you can freeze the meatballs or use them in your favorite traditional spaghetti sauce.
Fourth, make sauce and then add meatballs.
I have served these meatballs on pasta , over rice (my husband's favorite)and as appetizers. Add a nice salad and you have an awesome dinner. Even my grand children love these.
Finally, here is the recipe: Print
Sensational Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Ingredients for meatballs:
4 slices white sandwich bread torn into pieces ( I use whole wheat)
½ cup whole milk (I use skim)
2 large egg yolks
½ pound ground pork
½ cup finely chopped fresh parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons pepper
2 ½ pounds ground beef
Directions for making meatballs:
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Using a fork, mash bread, milk and egg yolks in large bowl until smooth. Add pork, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper and mix until incorporated. Add beef and knead gently until combined.
Shape meatballs into 1 ¼ inch meatballs. You should have around 80 meatballs. Place meatballs on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until cooked through and browned, 12-15 minutes, switch tray half way through. Allow to cool. You can freeze them at this point.
Ingredients for Sauce:
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 onion, minced
1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce
2 ½ cup apricot preserves
¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Directions for making sauce:
Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium high heat. Cook onion until softened, about 5 minutes. Whisk in tomato sauce, preserves, sugar, Worcestershire, mustard and pepper flakes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium - low and simmer until sauce is thick, about 15 minutes. Add meatballs. Heat through.
Bon Appetit!
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These look delicious! I can't wait to make them!
ReplyDeletePinning - my kids love meatballs (who doesn't!), but I personally would love a change! LOL! Thank you for the recipe! Julia
ReplyDeleteMy 12 y/o, after years of saying she doesn't like meatballs, is now begging me to make them since actually trying them at a friends house! I'll have to give it a shot...I've only made them once (from scratch!)
ReplyDeletethese sure do sound good. I've heard of them before and always wanted to try them so I'll have to pin this so I don't forget it
ReplyDeleteYum ~ these look delicious! Makes me want them to eat now :) Again, thanks so much for being our Guest Host this week at the Super Sunday Sync. Hope your week is off to a good start!
ReplyDeleteHi Bev ... my, those sound and look so good. I should get my daughter to try them when she has one of her big ranch crowds. Just the two of us would be just too much, but maybe could freeze them and make small servings.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Timeless Treasures with a nice comment. Hope you will visit often.
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Trreasures
Hi Beverly, that is a lot of meatballs! but ohhh so tasty! I love the combination of Apricot preserves (rarely used but delicious) and the Dijon mustard to off set the sweetness! great recipe. Thank You so much for sharing it at the Fluster Buster Party! I'm co-hosting today! Have a great week, Lizy
ReplyDeleteI love making (and eating) meatballs from scratch like this! Your sauce recipe sounds quite lovely -- I'll have to give this a try when the holiday season arrives and everyone wants me to bring meatballs! Thank you for sharing! :)
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