The best meatballs for spaghetti

prep time:: 0.5 hr

Makes 50

ellen wood

These meatballs are amazing. The recipe originated in a firehouse in New York. It has been tweeked a bit to my liking.

ingredients

2 pounds of lean ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1/2 pound ground veal
2 cups of seasoned italian breadcrumbs
2 eggs beaten
1 cup of milk
1 cup italian flat leafed parsley
3/4 cup romano cheese
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup sweet vidalia onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
additional salt and pepper to taste
Makes about 50 meatballs

directions

Thoroughly mix all of the ingredients by hand. Form meatballs by rolling them in your hands, making them just a little larger than a golf ball. Using a light oil, brown meatballs on all sides in a nonstick frying pan. Place all of the browned meatballs on a flat baking pan and bake them for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 350 degrees. When cut in half, meatballs should be moist and brown throughout.

Source: ellen wood