Italian Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 lb ground lamb loin
• 4 cups italian seasoned breadcrumbs (i use uncle bill's recipe, except instead of dry parsley i like fresh)
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 -1 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped very fine
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/2-1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 1 cup pine nuts (optional)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine all your ingredients in a large steel bowl, preferably cold to begin.
• 2 mix all ingredients thoroughly.
• 3 let stand for 1/2 hour, to blend the ingredients-- i loosely put a wax paper over the top and put the meat back in the fridge.
• 4 shape into medium size meatballs about 2 1/2" or so.
• 5 you can fry them at this point if you like-- but i like them beautifully round so i put them in the oven for 1/2 hour at 350* when using them in your own sauce for spaghetti, gentely cook them on meium-low for 1 hour so they absorb the flavors of the sauce or any other food you are cooking them with.
• 6 if you are freezing them: after baking, let them cool.
• 7 place in zip-loc bags and store in freezer until ready for use.
• 8 you can quadruple this recipe and make as many as you wish.
• 9 it is fast and easy.
• 10 this recipe makes approx.
• 11 96 meatballs.