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The Best "Meatball" Meatballs!



This is a very delicious meatball that covers all of your meatball bases. This is the recipe you have been searching for!
Course Main
Cuisine Canadian
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 50 meatballs
Author Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo ground know-your-farmer beef
  • 1 kilo ground know-your-farmer pork
  • 2 cups panko crumbs or saltine cracker crumbs
  • 2 large free range organic know-your-farmer eggs
  • generous 1/2 cup onion , minced (or 1 small onion)
  • scant 1/2 cup garlic , minced (or 8 cloves of really good garlic)
  • 1/2 cup chopped flat leafed parsley , minced
  • 1 tablespoon Vegeta
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 100 grinds of freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together; rest for 30 minutes to an hour
  2. Form into balls; place on parchment covered cookie sheet
  3. Freeze overnight; package in labeled and dated zip lock bags

Instructions for use when frozen:

  1. Remove from freezer; follow recipe instructions for whatever meatball is required in the recipe OR
  2. Remove from freezer; brown on all sides in frying pan and add to sauce recipe OR
  3. Remove from freezer; pre-heat oven to 400F
  4. Bake for 30-35 minutes (if straight from freezer) on parchment covered cookie sheet until done; add to recipe

Instructions when fresh:

  1. Follow recipe instructions for whatever meatball is required in the recipe OR
  2. Brown on all sides in frying pan and add to sauce recipe OR
  3. Pre-heat oven to 400F; bake for 25-30 minutes on parchment covered cookie sheet until done and add to recipe

Recipe Notes

I put 5-6 meatballs into each small ziplock bag and then put all small ones into a larger freezer bag.