Ingredients

  • 1 lb meatloaf mix (ground beef pork veal mix)
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 14-12 small onion, grated (depending on your taste)
  • 12 loaf of stale Italian bread
  • 13 cup minced fresh parsley
  • 12 cup fresh parmesan cheese or 12 cup pecorino romano cheese, grated
  • 12 teaspoon oregano (optional)
  • 12 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 12 teaspoon pepper
  • italian oil (for frying)

Method

  • Soak stale italian bread in water until soft and a bit mushy.
  • Remove from water and squeeze water from bread.
  • All excess water should be squeezed out.
  • Place in a large bowl.
  • Add all other ingredients to soaked bread and mix thoroghly with your hands.
  • Ingredients should be well mixed throughout.
  • Take mixture and form balls with your hands.
  • If you make smaller balls (golf ball size) this recipe will yield more.
  • In a large frying pan/skillet, place about a 1/4 cup of olive oil into pan and put flame/tempature to medium.
  • When oil is hot add meatballs.
  • Cook meatballs until browned evenly.
  • Be sure to watch the tempature, you don't want to burn the meatballs.
  • I prefer to set my flame low, it takes longer to cook but they won't burn.
  • Please adjust your flame/tempature accordingly.
  • Place meatballs into your favorite italian sauce.
  • You may also add your meatballs raw into sauce and cook for several hours