At-Home Sicilian Meatballs. The Shape May Surprise You! - Cellos

Name: At-Home Sicilian Meatballs. The Shape May Surprise You! - Cellos
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 pounds of your favorite ground meat, or combination of. This may include beef, veal, and/or pork.; 2 ½ cups of bread crumbs; 1 cup of milk; 1 ¼ cup Parmigiano and Romano cheeses; Freshly chopped parsley; 2 minced garlic cloves; 2 lightly beaten eggs; 1 tablespoon olive oil; ¼ cup pine nuts; ½ cup dried currants or raisins; Salt and pepper to taste

4 steps

Updated at: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:24:40 GMT

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Ingredients

5 servings

2 poundsground meat

or combination of This may include beef, veal, and/or pork

2 ½ cupsbread crumbs

1 cupmilk

1 ¼ cupParmigiano and Romano cheeses

1 tablespoonolive oil

¼ cuppine nuts

½ cupdried currants

Instructions

Step 1

Begin by placing your bread crumbs in a bowl. Pour the milk over the crumbs and set aside.

Step 2

In a separate bowl combine the meat with eggs, cheese, garlic, oil, salt and pepper, parsley, pine nuts, and currants. If time allows, cooking your gently cooking garlic in olive oil first provides a more enhanced flavor.

Step 3

Squeeze any excess milk from the bread crumb mixture into the meat mixture and gently combine the .

Step 4

Shape into approximately 2 dozen oval meatballs, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake at 400 degrees for 15 -20 minutes depending on the size of your meatballs.