Thursday, June 10, 2010

Meat Balls

I made this last night Italian Meat Balls or at least my version of it... and my friends asked me for the recipe so i thought maybe it's better to put it up here for everyone to see =)

Please note guys that the quantity im putting down is just estimated u can alter the quantity if you think its not right, like what i normally do.

Meat Balls
500g minced meat
1/4 finely chopped onion
1 egg
1 clove of garlic (crushed/ finely chop)
1-3 tbs Extra virgin olive oil
1 hand fulls of bread crumbs ( add more if the mince is still very wet)
oregano herbs
Thyme herbs
fresh parsley (chopped)
Salt
Black pepper

combine all ingredients properly, for me i prefer to use hands some don like to touch the meat so you could use a fork but not really recommended.

after all ingredients are properly combined roll it into balls

cook it off in a heavy based pan like maybe a non stick pan if you have if not its alright just try to using a heavy based

heat up olive oil and 1-2 knobs of butter, once the butter and olive oil is heated place the meat balls into the pan and cook for about 5-12 minutes depending on the size of your meat ball. ( DO NOT OVER COOK IT if not it will go dry and tough)

methods you could try is by pressing it, it should feel like the inside palm of your hands its a bit springy / has a little resistance/ bounce back i suppose=P. or you could just bring 1 out and cut it open to taste.

will upload the sauce later at the mean time Im off for lunch Starving