MAMA MEATBALLS RECIPES

Steps:

• Place the chicken stock, onion, garlic, and parsley in a blender or food processor and puree.
• In a large bowl, combine the pureed stock mix, meat, bread crumbs, egg, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, red pepper flakes, and salt.
• Combine with hands until mixture is uniform, do not overmix.
• Put a little olive oil on your hands and form mixture into balls a little larger than golf balls.
• Pour about 1/2 inch of extra virgin olive oil in straight sided, 10-inch-wide saute pan and heat over medium-high flame.
• Add the meatballs to the pan, working in batches if necessary, and brown meatballs, turning once.
• This should take about 10-15 minutes.
• While meatballs are browning, heat the marinara sauce in a large pot.
• Transfer the meatballs to the pot with the marinara sauce and simmer for one hour.
• Serve alone or over your favorite pasta.

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients(Onion Soup mix, bread crumbs & garlic salt) then add in the wet ingredients(water or beef broth, Worcestershire sauce & egg) mix together then add in the ground beef and incorporate all the ingredients together mix well.
• Now make meatballs about the size of your palm(maybe about 2 inches round) place all the meatballs in a large skillet and cook at medium high heat until cooked all the way through and browned on all sides.
• Once your meatballs are completely cooked keep the heat at medium high and then add in your water. The water will deglaze the bottom of your pan then add in the 2 cans of Cream of mushroom soup and mix it in with the water stirring until becomes a gravy. Turn the heat down to medium low and cover the skillet and cook until gravy is heated through.
• Serve with Mashed potatoes spoon the gravy over the meatballs and the potatoes! ENJOY =).