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cath-in-v

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I'm planning on making a big batch of meatballs to freeze this weekend. Does anyone have a T & T recipe? I'd like to mix up the lot with onion, egg, etc, but half out and mix in different ingredients in each. If you have a basic recipe that you love and is versatile, would you mind posting?

Thanks so much.

 
Oh, thanks Randi! (m)

I just knew there must already be a thread on this, but somehow wasn't finding anything on a search. Thanks so much.

Cath

 
Here are two of my favorites. Both freeze very well.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Baba's Party Meatballs


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

1 pound ground beef
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup flour -- for dredging
3 tablespoons white vinegar
3 tablespoons molasses
1/4 cup catsup
3 tablespoons mustard
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon thyme

Mix bread crumbs with milk.

Mix meat with salt, onion, and bread crumbs. Form into 3/4 inch balls. Roll in flour. Brown in butter.

Combine molasses, mustard, vinegar, catsup and thyme. Pour over meatballs and simmer about 30 min.

May be frozen and reheated in 300 degree oven for one hour.

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NOTES : Very Good!


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Aunty's Meat Balls

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef Entree
Ground Beef Pork

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method1 pound ground chuck
1/2 pound ground pork
2 eggs
4 slices bread -- crumbled
1/4 cup milk
salt
pepper
1 tablespoon fresh parsley -- chopped
1 onion -- chopped
cracker meal
For gravy:
1 package mushroom gravy
1 cup water
1 clove garlic -- crushed
1 onion -- chopped

Soak bread with milk until soft.

Saute chopped onion in 1 tablespoon of butter until soft.

Mix meat, bread mixture, sauteed onion, eggs, salt, pepper, and parsley. Form into balls. Roll in cracker meal. Saute meat balls in butter in batches until all are brown. Remove from pan.

For gravy: Add 1 tablespoon of butter to pan in which meatballs were browned. Add chopped onion and saute until onions are soft. Add mushroom gravy mix, water and 1 clove of garlic. Return meatballs to pan. Cover with foil and bake for one hour at 350 degrees. Turn and baste every 20 minutes. If gravy is too thick, add water while baking.

Source:
"From Aunty"
Yield:
"30 "
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Thank You! Now I'll 'fess up...(m)

My husband is quite a wilderness enthusiast and has become a hunter in the past few years. We have a freezer full of moose meat and vennison (and sockeye salmon, luckily. I don't have a problem with that AT ALL)and I'm afraid I'm stil a bit squeemish about game meat that doesn't come in a square block wrapped in saran with a Safeway sticker on it. I understand all the stuff about it being healthier with no added hormones, etc,etc, but even when faced with a delicious cooked meal,I still feel 5 years old all over again.

I'm not into roasts of any kind, really. But I figure if I grind some of the moosemeat up with pork or beef (for fat, sicne moose is very lean)and make meatballs to freeze, I'm more likely to use these for pasta, casseroles or appies. I figured once I had the basic mix I could make some of it as an Asian meatball, adding sesame oil , waterchestnuts, etc. I also have another recipe with currants and pinenuts which looked interesting for appies. That's the project for the weekend. Thanks for getting me on the way with these recipes and ideas.

 
Up in T&T soups and stews are at least 3 good recipes for meatballs.

Meatballl minestrone, mexican meatball soup and easy meatball cabbage roll soup.

 
Ooops. these are for already prepared meatballs. Any meatloaf recipe makes good meatballs.

Search for Meatloaf and we have 2 great threads on favorite meatloaf recipes.

 
We've also found that with moose meat, adding ground up bacon and garlic and onions helps

disguise any gamey taste. Lots of herbs and things like soy sauce or worcestershire(sp) sauce added is good too for game meats.

 
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