Last month I tried this recipe from Smitten Kitchen and it was fabulous. Alas, the kids found the meatballs to be a little too spicy, so I've reworked the recipe to make it milder but still tasty enough for adults. These would be good with spaghetti and tomato sauce or with BBQ sauce on a bun. You could also just eat them plain, like an appetizer, with toothpicks and ketchup for dipping. Scrumptious.
Kid-Friendly Meatballs
makes 20 small meatballs
1 slice wheat bread, crumbled
1/3 cup warm water
3/4 lb ground turkey
1/4 lb ground pork
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic pwder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
1 jumbo egg yolk
Put the bread crumbs in a large bowl and pour the warm water over them. Let the bread soak up the water for a few minutes then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well with your hands. Grab up two tablespoons of the mix and roll into a ball. Put on a tray and repeat with the remaining meatball mix.
Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a nonstick frying pan. Place 7-9 meatballs in the pan and let them brown, 3- 5 minutes. Gently nudge one meatball to see if it moves. It you can flip it easily, flip all the meat balls to a new side. If not, wait another minute and try again. Flip to a third side and brown again. Gently tranfer the meatballs to an oven-proof tray.
When all the meatballs have browned, cook them in a 350 degree oven until sizzling, 5- 7 minutes. Serve hot.
