MOMMOM'S SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS

MomMom's Sweet & Sour Meatballs image

Provided by Linda Kauppinen

Number Of Ingredients 21

1 lb ground chuck
1 large onion, diced
salt and pepper
1/4 c plain bread crumbs
1/4 to 1/2 c water (optional)
sauce arturo (see directions)
1 can(s) cranberries, whole, 16 oz.
SAUCE ARTURO
1/2 c fresh mushrooms, finely chopped
1/2 c water
1/2 c tomato paste
1/2 c soy sauce
1/2 c cider vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 pinch ginger
2 pinch nutmeg
2 pinch onion powder
2 pinch paprika

Steps:

1. Meatballs: Mix ground chuck, onion, salt, pepper and breadcrumbs. Form meat mixture into small meatballs about the size of a melon ball or small walnut.
2. Put cranberries into the pot that you will be using to cook the entire mixture and simmer on low until it's "melted".
3. Sauce Arturo: Mix mushrooms, water, tomato paste, soy sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, garlic, pepper, giner, nutmeg, onion powder and paprika in a saute' pan and cook on low until it begins to bubble. Add this mixture to the cranberries in the pot.
4. Add raw meatballs to the sauce mixture in the pot. Add waterif the sauce is too thick. Cover the pot with lid and cook "until they smell really good" and the meatballs are done.