Best My Mothers Meatballs Recipes

Mom's Meatballs image

Provided by Doozie

Categories Meat

Time 55m

Yield 25 meatballs

Number Of Ingredients 9

Steps:

Mama Iuliucci's Famous Meat-A-Balls (Italian Meatballs) image

Provided by Karen..

Time 30m

Yield 36 meatballs

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 lbs lean ground beef
8 -10 slices white bread, broken into small 1/2 inch pieces (or you can use rolls or any stale bread you have and want to use up)
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (or to taste)
1 teaspoon italian seasoning (or to taste)
2 teaspoons parsley flakes (or to taste)
1/4-1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (or Locatelli)
1 -2 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 teaspoon black pepper
olive oil (for frying) or vegetable oil (for frying)

Steps:

Mix all ingredients gently in a large bowl until well combined.
Roll meatballs 1 1/2- 1 3/4" in diameter.
Heat about 1/4" of oil over medium heat in a large frying pan.
Fry meatballs in oil, rolling frequently, until evenly browned and juices run clear.
Drop meatballs in your favorite sauce (I highly recommend My Mama Iuliucci's"Don't Skip a Step" Spaghetti Sauce recipe#26947) and let simmer for awhile to flavor sauce or just serve with your favorite pasta and sauce.
Tip: You can also bake or broil these if the frying part is too much of a hassle-- I use my broiler pan if I bake them, so the fat drips down and away from the meatballs.

Dom's Mom's Tender Meatballs image

Provided by greysangel

Time 2h10m

Yield 30 meatballs

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 lbs ground chuck (I've used extra lean ground beef, and it turns out fine)
1/2 lb ground pork
2 cups Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
1/2 cup grated cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 garlic cloves (chopped fine)
1 onion (minced)
1/2 cup pine nuts (optional)

Steps:

Place all ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly; let stand 1/2 hour. Shape into medium-sized meatballs. Fry gently in olive oil until lightly brown, or place on foil in a cookie sheet and bake in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.
Gently place in your own hot spaghetti sauce and cook on medium-low heat for one hour.

Provided by Sandra McGrath

Categories Beef

Time 3h15m

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 eggs
3/4 c milk or water to soak the bread
1 tsp italian parsley, chopped fine
1 tsp minced garlic or garlic powder if preferred
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
oil for frying (or can use the baking method)
3/4 cup can use flavored bread crumbs in place of bread
1/2 c parmesan cheese
1/2 loaf loaf stale italian bread (can be used in place of breadcrumbs)
3 lbs 80% lean ground beef or can use ground turkey or mixture of both.

Steps:

1. Soak the bread in milk(or water).Mix to a mush consistency.Add the beaten eggs and seasonings and mix well. Then add the ground beef.Incorporate the beef with the bread mixture and begin to form the meatballs to about a golf ball size or larger. I usually get about 24-30 meatballs using three pound of ground beef.
2. Baking method: Grease a long shallow pan with oil and place the meatballs on the pan taking care not to crowd them too much. Frying method: My mother-in -law would never think to do anything but fry them in a black cast iron pan with enough oil to come up to about 1/4 of an inch on the meatball.More work but they come out delicious! If you choose this method, fry just long enough to get a brown crust on the outside, turning them in the frypan. I gradually moved on to bake them to make them a bit more healthy, using less oil.Oven temp to 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
3. Now, this is another method I have changed as my mother in law would start her "Sunday Gravy" about an hour before the meatballs and then put the meatballs in the sauce to simmer and flavor the sauce.I like using the crockpot with a good quality jar sauce or simply a can of crushed tomatoes(or two if making extra gravy), and a small can of tomato paste,a few basil leaves and adding about 2 "paste cans" full of water.
4. Let them simmer for about 3 hours on low. That's the magic!