I may as well toss in my variation.
Ground beef + pork (roughly 1lb)
Maybe 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp sweet paprika
Diced onion (I'd guess about 1/2 a cup)
1 egg
Mix thoroughly.
In a separate bowl, fill half way with water and put in two slices of bread. Drain water and place soggy bread into meat mixture. Mix until even throughout.
Preheat oven at this point (400).
Get two small bowls and your baking rack (w/ baked tray or glass dish for fat to drip onto).
Bowl 1: Olive oil.
Bowl 2: Flour.
Roll the meat into balls and then take a ball and coat it lightly with olive oil.
Then roll it in the flour until all sides have been covered. The flour will be absorbed into the oil and you shouldn't have a caked on layer, but rather a translucent film.
Repeat until meat mixture is gone, place meatballs on rack and put into oven.
Rotate meatballs while baking every five minutes until they become slightly firm. Switch oven to broil and then rotate meatballs as they brown on top. When meatballs are browned all around, you're done.
Simple red sauce:
Tomatoes
Oregano
Cinnamon
Red Wine
Bay leaf
Prep (done while making the meatballs), take a strip of fatty bacon and fry it so the fat liquifies.
Puree tomatoes, add to bacon fat, all other spices to taste. Let simmer and reduce, if sauce gets too thick, add water.
Ground beef + pork (roughly 1lb)
Maybe 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp sweet paprika
Diced onion (I'd guess about 1/2 a cup)
1 egg
Mix thoroughly.
In a separate bowl, fill half way with water and put in two slices of bread. Drain water and place soggy bread into meat mixture. Mix until even throughout.
Preheat oven at this point (400).
Get two small bowls and your baking rack (w/ baked tray or glass dish for fat to drip onto).
Bowl 1: Olive oil.
Bowl 2: Flour.
Roll the meat into balls and then take a ball and coat it lightly with olive oil.
Then roll it in the flour until all sides have been covered. The flour will be absorbed into the oil and you shouldn't have a caked on layer, but rather a translucent film.
Repeat until meat mixture is gone, place meatballs on rack and put into oven.
Rotate meatballs while baking every five minutes until they become slightly firm. Switch oven to broil and then rotate meatballs as they brown on top. When meatballs are browned all around, you're done.
Simple red sauce:
Tomatoes
Oregano
Cinnamon
Red Wine
Bay leaf
Prep (done while making the meatballs), take a strip of fatty bacon and fry it so the fat liquifies.
Puree tomatoes, add to bacon fat, all other spices to taste. Let simmer and reduce, if sauce gets too thick, add water.
