Brandied Meatballs Recipes

THE JUICIEST MEAT BALLS EVER

Steps:

• Soak the bread crumbs in the milk while you prepare the other ingredients.
• Put the beef and pork into a large bowl. Add the onion, butter, eggs, and parsley and season well with salt and pepper. Put the soaked bread crumbs into the bowl and mix it all together well with your (clean) hands. Form the mixture into meatballs about the size of ping pong balls.
• Heat about 1/4-inch of oil in a skillet over medium heat. Fry the meatballs until they are browned on all sides and cooked through, about 15 minutes.

THE BEST MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine beef, veal, and pork in a large bowl. Add garlic, eggs, cheese, parsley, salt and pepper.
• Blend bread crumbs into meat mixture. Slowly add the water 1/2 cup at a time. The mixture should be very moist but still hold its shape if rolled into meatballs. (I usually use about 1 1/4 cups of water). Shape into meatballs.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Fry meatballs in batches. When the meatball is very brown and slightly crisp remove from the heat and drain on a paper towel. (If your mixture is too wet, cover the meatballs while they are cooking so that they hold their shape better.)

BRANDIED MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Brandied Peach Sauce: Combine ingredients in a bowl, blending well. Makes about 3 cups. Meatballs: Blend first 10 ingredients in a bowl. Shape mixture into 1- to 1 1/2-inch balls. In a large heavy skillet, brown meatballs in hot oil. Remove with slotted spoon, set aside; keep warm. Reduce heat, blend Brandied Peach Sauce into meat drippings, and simmer 10 minutes. Add meatballs to sauce and coat thoroughly. Cover and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour. If necessary, add cornstarch mixture to sauce, stirring constantly, and cook on low heat until thickened. Transfer to a chafing dish for buffet service. Garnish with canned sliced peaches. Fun Fact: Although the first feast of thanksgiving took place at Plymouth Rock in 1622, a collective prayer of thanksgiving was held in the Virginia Colony on December 4, 1619, near the current site of Berkeley Plantation, marking the first Thanksgiving in North America. Thanksgiving Day is now an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. In 1939, President Roosevelt set the date for Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November (approved by Congress in 1941).

BRANDY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix together the lean ground beef, onion soup mix, egg and cracker crumbs.
• Shape into meatballs and brown in a skillet with a little olive oil.
• Place meatballs into slow cooker.
• Mix together the last 5 ingredients and pour over meatballs.
• Cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours.