Bon Appetit's Meatballs

Name: Bon Appetit's Meatballs
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 loafs day-old (hard) Italian bread, torn into chunks; 907 grams carton low-sodium chicken broth; 4 larges eggs, beaten; 680 grams sweet Italian sausage without fennel, casings removed; 680 grams ground beef sirloin; 680 grams ground beef chuck; 680 grams coarsely ground pork; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 237 milliliters packed fresh Italian parsley leaves; 227 grams Pecorino Romano cheese (such as Locatelli®), grated; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 head whole head garlic, minced

Bon Appetit's Meatballs might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 16g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 276 calories. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 30. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sausage without fennel, pecorino romano cheese, parsley leaves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Combine ground pork, Italian sausage, ground sirloin, and ground chuck in a large bowl.

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Italian Sausage

Ground Chuck

Ground Pork

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Bowl

Mix them with your hands until thoroughly combined.

Soak bread chunks in chicken broth in a bowl until completely soft.

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Chicken Broth

Bread

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Bowl

Combine garlic and parsley in a mini chopper or food processor and grind to a fine paste. Squeeze the excess broth out of the bread, reserving the broth in a bowl, and add the bread to the meats along with the garlic and parsley paste. Gently mix in beaten eggs and grated Pecorino Romano cheese with your hands until fully incorporated into the meat mixture. If the mixture seems dry, pour in some of the reserved chicken broth.

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Pecorino Romano

Broth

Parsley

Garlic

Bread

Egg

Meat

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Food Processor

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Pinch off golf ball-sized pieces of the meat mixture and roll them into meatballs, taking care not to pack them too tightly, and set them on a baking tray. Depending on how big you make them, you should end up with about 30 meatballs.

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Meatballs

Meat

Roll

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Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in two or three batches, brown the meatballs on all sides and drain on paper towels. If you're adding them to a pot of sauce, you may undercook them slightly, as they will finish cooking in the sauce.

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Meatballs

Olive Oil