Sauerbraten Meatballs
Recipe: #8341
February 28, 2013
Categories: Ground Beef, Fettuccine, Appetizers German, Oven Bake, Beef Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"Have your Octoberfest in Septemberfest, or Wheneverfest. Who needs an excuse to eat these? Makes a great main dish over noodles or potatoes, or by themselves as an appetizer."
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (182.3 g)
- Calories 224.2
- Total Fat - 12.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.4 g
- Cholesterol - 67.3 mg
- Sodium - 206.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 3.6 g
- Protein - 20.3 g
- Calcium - 21.9 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2
Mix together beef, 1/3 cup gingersnaps, onion, water, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl.
Step 3
Shape mixture into 24 meatballs.
Step 4
Place on rack on baking pan and bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through.
Step 5
Mix sauce ingredients except raisins in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
Step 6
Stir in raisins and meatballs; heat through.
Tips
- Serve over noodles, spaetzle, or mashed potatoes or keep warm in a crock pot as an appetizer for entertaining.