Italian Meatballs Fried Baked Boiled Urban Slang

Hello to all my foodies friends out in web land I hope this finds you all well and with spring kicking at your heels.  I know around here the flowering trees are starting to awaken to the spring of 2014  It can't be too soon for me however am not a sun worshiper either but I do lie it warm  I've been trying to upload a new photo of myself and I seem to be having problems like I made the picture way to large for the blog and hopefully I have that corrected now we will see when am finished.  Am not good with the computer.   Its Sunday here and the sun is shining and I have the house all to myself.  My hubby flew to Greenwood with a couple other pilots to fix a airplane that had a problem in flight yesterday.  I hope his not flying that one back to Trenton.  Oh well they believe anyway on this airport when your time is up its up.  Any who let's talk about some of the meatballs.

German traditional Wedding Soup with meatballs

A meatball is made from an amount of ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as breadcrumbs, minced onion, spices, possibly eggs and herbs.  

Meatballs are made with a variety of different meats including Seafood's.  Meatballs can be baked, fried, steamed, boiled, broiled.,grilled, and souped.  They can be made anyway you want them. They are made across various cultures and my favorite ones are when I used to watch my mom make the meatballs cooked in olive oil with onions and garlic then she removed them from the pan and added a can of Tomatoes paste to make a rue for her famous Spaghetti Sauce..  You see that trick she learned from her father who was a chef and cooked Italian foods.  Any who here is a tasty easy recipe for you to try.  I broiled the meatballs for my sauce this time however you may also just drop them in your sauce while its simmering.  Nothing better then a home made Meatball.  Now MT V's Jersey Shore says that a meatball means a girl who is top heavy, a big butt, and is short.  What do you expect coming out of  New Jersey anyway, new slang.  Here's a recipe for you to try, happy trail to you until we meet again.  Go like my fan page on Face book and watch the TV show at aikenstandard.tv and there may be a DVD to buy there as well.

Italian Meatballs 

Makes about 27 meatballs.  You can use your hands or an ice cream scoop, depends size.  Serves 8.

1 package sweet Italian sausage
1½ pounds ground beef

Mix the beef and pork; to it add:

½ cup Parmesan Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste (about 2 tsp. salt and ½ tsp. pepper)
½ cup Bread Crumbs
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
2 tsp. Onion Powder
2 tsp. Oregano
2 tsp. Sweet Basil

1 Egg, beaten

Directions:

1) You need ½ onion, chopped and about 5 pods garlic.  Cook in oil, then add meatballs and cook until just brown, not done.  Add to sauce.  Put 1 can tomato paste into garlic and onions with 1 can water mix.  You are to add this to the spaghetti sauce.  If you wish, you may cook meatballs in the oven or not brown then and add them to the sauce.

2) Sauce:  ¼ cup olive oil, 1 stick butter; add to it 1 onion, chopped, 5 pods garlic, chopped.  Cook until clear.  Add 2 cans 24-oz. dried or crushed tomatoes, 2 cans tomato sauce (small), 1 can tomato paste, 1 cup red wine, 1 T. salt , ½ tsp. black pepper, 1½ T. oregano, 1 ½ T. sweet basil, 1 ½ T. tarragon, 1 T. onion powder, 1 T. garlic powder, ½ cup sugar, optional crushed red peppers.  Simmer about 1 ½hours.