How to Prepare Appetizing Basic Tender, Juicy Meatballs

Basic Tender, Juicy Meatballs. Make homemade buttermilk: Combine milk and lemon juice in a small bowl. You will see curds at the top. Soak bread: Add bread to a small bowl and pour the buttermilk over the bread.

This recipe for baked meatballs will do just that - tender and tasty little morsels that become your meal-planning friend. It's healthier and they stay nice and round, though they are not quite as juicy as pan frying (sear = trapped juices). In a large bowl, add beef, pork, cooled onion/garlic mixture, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, romano cheese, hot sauce and finally soaked bread crumb mixture with any extra liquid not absorbed. You can cook Basic Tender, Juicy Meatballs using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Basic Tender, Juicy Meatballs

1. You need 1 lb of lean ground beef.
2. It's 1 lb of ground pork.
3. Prepare 1/3 cup of cream, any kind you have, heavy or light or half and half.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of fresh white soft bread crumbs ( about 2 slices pulsed in food processor ).
5. It's 2 large of egg yolks.
6. You need 2 of minced cloves of garlic.
7. It's 1 of finely chopped small onion.
8. You need 1 tsp of salt.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
10. It's 1 tsp of italian seasoning.
11. Prepare 3 tbsp of grated romano or parmesan cheese.
12. It's 1 tsp of hot sauce, such as franks brand.
13. It's 1 tsp of unsalted butter.
14. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
15. Prepare 1/2 cup of beef broth.

Gently mix until all is well combined. Chill an hour or more for easy meatball forming. Such a simple and easy meatball recipe. Baked Meatballs that are some of the best ever meatballs in the history of all meatballs!

Basic Tender, Juicy Meatballs instructions

1. In a in a medium skillet add butter and olive oil and cook onion and garlic gently until soft but not brown. Cool to room temperature..
2. whisk cream and egg yolks in bowl, add fresh bread crumbs and let sit while finishing the rest of the recipe..
3. In a large bowl, add beef, pork, cooled onion/garlic mixture, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, romano cheese, hot sauce and finally soaked bread crumb mixture with any extra liquid not absorbed. Gently mix until all is well combined. Chill an hour or more for easy meatball forming..
4. Preheat oven to 425.Spray a rimmed baking sheet with non stick spray..
5. Form meat mixture into 1 to 1 1/2 inch balls, lay in single layer on baking sheet. Pour warmed broth around them, cover loosely with foil. Bake 18 to 25 minutes just until cooked through...
6. They are now ready to use in any recipe you want meatballs in. With pasta and marinara or alfreado sauce. In sandwiches, subs, pizzas, quesadillas and wraps. Even in omelettes. They freeze great. Freeze individually and then pack in a freezer bag to always have them on hand!.

Such a simple and easy meatball recipe!. I will definitely be making these again. Every element in this recipe builds a flavorful and moist meatball but what makes them truly juicy is adding the bread crumbs. They are tender all the way through and never tough. The moist bread crumbs also help these reheat really well.