For Sally and others my review on the pumpkin meatballs and pumpkin marinara sauce from The Kitchen

[karennoca]

I followed this recipe exactly, using all fresh warm spices from Penzey's Spice. The marinara sauce I used was from Silver Palate, it was a jared product, but very good.

The meatballs did not have much structure and were very delicate. Worked OK, as recipe said to chill them for 30 minutes. I did 90 minutes because I was on another project at the time.

The sauce and meatballs were OK but certainly not worthy of the warm spices used or the fresh sage from my garden. I did not serve over spaghetti squash because I did not have any, but served over fettuccine. My husband said it was OK. I would not make this again. We will eat the leftovers for lunches, and I have some sauce and meatballs to freeze. Certainly not a company worthy dish IMHO.

 

[karennoca]

To be fair about this review, I checked the Food Network site and there are now reviews

for this recipe. When I made it over the weekend, none were posted.
So here is the link so you can read them. They are all good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pumpkin-meatballs-with-cinnamon-sage-tomato-sauce.html

 

[sallybr]

interesting.. now I am "REALLY tempted to try just for the heck of it.. smileys/wink.gif

 

[karennoca]

Great! It was not unedible.......just not what we are used to. You might consider

giving the meatballs some structure with a bit of breadcrumbs. My hubby really did not care for the mushy texture, and they tend to flatten out in the oven. Please report back when you make it. I would love to hear your opinion.

 

[karennoca]

There are three more reviews for this recipe on Food Network, one more mentioned the mushy

texture of the meatballs and added breadcrumbs Another person added chipotle seasoning instead of red pepper flakes. Another served as a sub sandwich, on crusty bread with mozzarella. That might not be so bad.

I had this for lunch today, still do not like it, although after sitting in the sauce for two days the meatballs were better....