Recipe The Best Meatballs (Main Dish)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound ground veal
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup freshly grated Romano cheese
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups stale Italian bread, crumbled
• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
• 1 cup olive oil

Preparing/Cooking:

• 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 it's 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.
• )Place cooked meatballs into Marinara Sauce and cook for 15 more minutes.

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