Cocktail Meatballs Recipe

21
Ingredients

25m
Prep Time

20m
Cook Time

45m
Ready In

Recipe: #22090

December 11, 2015

Categories: Ground Beef, Appetizers, Baby Shower, Christmas, New Years, Oven Bake, more

recipe by:
BusyMiz

"From Once Upon a Chef, looks so good and lots of great ratings, I will make this soon, makes 25 mini meatballs"

Original is 25 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (40.5 g)
Calories 92
Total Fat - 4.2 g
Saturated Fat - 1.6 g
Cholesterol - 26.7 mg
Sodium - 208.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 8 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
Sugars - 5.2 g
Protein - 5.6 g
Calcium - 35.8 mg
Iron - 0.6 mg
Vitamin C - 2.1 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy clean-up and place an ovenproof baking/cooling rack over top; spray rack generously with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2

Whisk the egg and cream together in a medium bowl. Stir in the bread and mash until no large bread chunks remain. Set aside.

Step 3

In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the pork, garlic, allspice, pepper, salt, and baking powder on high speed until smooth and pale, about 2 minutes, scraping bowl as necessary. Add the bread mixture to the mixing bowl and beat on high speed until smooth and homogeneous, about 1 minute, scraping the bowl as necessary. Add the beef and mix on medium-low speed until just incorporated, about 20 seconds, scraping the bowl as necessary.

Step 4

Using moistened hands (it's sticky and wet hands help; keep wetting them as you go), form the meat mixture into tablespoon-size round meatballs and place on the prepared rack. Bake for about 20 minutes, until just done.

Step 5

Meanwhile, in a large sauté pan, mix together all of the ingredients for the sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook gently until thickened, about 10 minutes.

Step 6

Add the baked meatballs to the sauce and stir to coat evenly. Transfer the meatballs to a serving platter, spear with toothpicks and spoon the sauce over top. Garnish with parsley if desired. Serve warm.