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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: vigil@esca.com (Sandra Vigil)
- Subject: Meatballs (from the Old Spagetti Factory)
- Message-ID: <9311042332.AA00893@flash.esca.com>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 15:32:52 -0800
-
- In the spirit of the White Castle hamburger and Taco Bell hot sauce,
- I bring you Old Spagetti Factory Meatballs. I'd surely use a better
- sauce than the plain 30 oz of tomato sauce called for, but you're on
- your own for that part.
-
-
- Meatballs
- from the Old Spaghetti Factory
- by way of "By Request", a Seattle Times Column
-
-
- 1/3 cup very finely chopped onion 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp very finely minced garlic 1 1/2 tsp - 1 Tbsp salt
- 3 Tbsp finely chopped parsley 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup fresh bread crumbs 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 egg 2 1/2 lb lean ground chuck
- 1/2 cup cold water 30 oz tomato sauce
-
- Combine chopped onion, garlic, parsley and bread crumbs in a food
- processor and mix 30 seconds.
-
- Break the egg into a 3 quart bowl and mix well using a wire whisk. Add
- water, olive oil, salt, pepper, and nutmeg to the egg and whisk until
- well whisked.
-
- Add the bread crumb mixture, combining with a spatula. Add the ground
- meat and mix thoroughly until ingredients are well distributed and the
- mixture is binding together tightly.
-
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Using a medium sized ice cream
- scoop, scoop out a portion onto a lightly oiled jelly roll pan. Form
- each meatball by rolling in the palm of your hand until they feel
- tight and solid. (The finished meatballs should be about the size of
- a golf ball.)
-
- Pour 1/4 cup water into the pan and place in the oven. Time 15
- minutes. Remove from the oven and loosen with a spatula. Return to
- the oven an additional 10 minutes, or until cooked through. Drain.
-
- Heat the tomato sauce in a large skillet. Add the meatballs and simmer
- 2 minutes. Serve over pasta or rice.
-
-