Meatballs Ala Angela

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb meatloaf mix (ground beef lamb veal mix)
• 2 medium eggs
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1/4-1/2 small onion, grated (depending on your taste)
• 1/2 loaf of stale italian bread
• 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
• 1/2 cup fresh parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup pecorino romano cheese, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• italian oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 soak stale italian bread in water until soft and a bit mushy.
• 2 remove from water and squeeze water from bread.
• 3 all excess water should be squeezed out.
• 4 place in a large bowl.
• 5 add all other ingredients to soaked bread and mix thoroghly with your hands.
• 6 ingredients should be well mixed throughout.
• 7 take mixture and form balls with your hands.
• 8 if you make smaller balls (golf ball size) this recipe will yield more.
• 9 in a large frying pan/skillet, place about a 1/4 cup of olive oil into pan and put flame/tempature to medium.
• 10 when oil is hot add meatballs.
• 11 cook meatballs until browned evenly.
• 12 be sure to watch the tempature, you don't want to burn the meatballs.
• 13 i prefer to set my flame low, it takes longer to cook but they won't burn.
• 14 please adjust your flame/tempature accordingly.
• 15 place meatballs into your favorite italian sauce.
• 16 you may also add your meatballs raw into sauce and cook for several hours