Food is Hard: My meatball recipe

[silvercat17]

Food is Hard: My meatball recipe

(Originally posted at Silver Does Stuff)

Edit: Updating this for the food is hard series

Meatballs are basically meatloaf in ball form, but I don’t like meatloaf and I do like meatballs. *shrug* I dunno. This is a composite of a couple different recipes I’ve seen.



Silver’s Eat Alone Meatballs

1.25 lbs ground turkey

1.25 lbs ground beef

1 cup-ish whole wheat bread crumbs (I did two pieces of bread in the food processor. Pretty sure it was more than a cup)

1 egg

1/2 onion, diced (threw it in the food processor too. Onions kill me)

3 or so cloves of garlic, minced (in the food processor.)

1/2 cup-ish shredded carrot (I did a double handful of baby carrots, in the food processor)

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp basil

2 tsp parsley

1/2 tsp red pepper

Mix, form into 2 inch balls, cook at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I put mine on wire racks on foil lined cookie sheets, but they didn’t make as much of a mess as I expected.



Mess with these! I’ve used white bread instead or saltine crackers. Pretty sure the bread is a filler so you can leave it out to be gluten-free, or replace with rice.

If you don’t have a food processor, just cut stuff up as small as you can.

I’ve tried putting zucchini in it, but it didn’t turn out well. The zucchini was too wet. You may have ideas on how to fix that (maybe just the peels?)

These freeze really well, last a long time in the freezer, and taste good cold or hot.

Comments

[kellan_the_tabby]

Do you know of a way to form meatballs without having to use my hands? Touching raw meat is a texture no for me, even through gloves.

[silvercat17]

It is gross, isn't it?

I can think of a few different solutions:

1. Make it as meatloaf, then after it's cooked, slice & freeze it. It'll end up a bit greasier but it shouldn't be too bad

2. Make the balls with two spoons or a spoon and a ice cream scoop to get the shape. It may not be as perfectly round or as squished together, but it should work?

3. this rice ball method - http://www.justhungry.com/2007/01/onigiri_omusubi_revisited_an_e.html Line a small bowl or teacup with plastic wrap, scoop the mixture in, then lift out the wrap and twist it to make a ball. Might still be too much contact.

4. You can get meat ball molds or meatball ballers, if you don't mind having a gadget. Here's one example -https://www.amazon.com/Meatball-Stainless-Meatballs-Spherical-Meatballer/dp/B07H9169CH/

[kellan_the_tabby]

Ooh, excellent, thank you! I will likely experiment with 2 & 3 & if I find myself doing meatballs enough, spring for the mold. I'm good with gadgets if I'll _use_ them, especially if they're the 'make food easier' kind.