Simple Meatball Recipe

Meatballs, as the name suggests are balls made out of minced meat and some commonly available ingredients like onions, breadcrumbs or spices. The meat can be of your choice, meatballs are used in various recipes after they have been initially cooked by either frying, baking or grilling.

Easy Meatball Recipe
As there are a very few ingredients in this recipe, making it will seem child's play.
Ingredients

• 1 pound minced beef, pork or turkey
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup water
• salt to taste

Method
Take a large bowl and combine bread crumbs, egg, onion, water, salt and pepper and mix well. Now add the minced beef and knead it till the mixture becomes homogenous. Roll into meatballs and place it in a baking dish. Bake it in a microwave, on high for about 5 minutes or till the meat is cooked. Transfer the meatballs to a flat dish and serve with tomato sauce.

Meatballs with Pork and Parmesan Cheese
This is a very easy recipe to make meatballs. The addition of Parmesan cheese in this recipe gives it a very creamy texture and a wonderful flavor.
Ingredients

• 1 pound lean pork
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese
• ½ cup Italian bread crumbs
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup milk
• salt to taste

Method
Take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients, except the pork. Add the minced pork and knead it, till it combines with the mixed ingredients. Roll the mixture into balls and place it on a baking sheet and bake in an oven for about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and simmer the meatballs in pasta sauce for 10 minutes to enhance the texture and flavor. Garnish with finely chopped fresh parsley and serve hot.

Meatballs with Spaghetti
Meatball cooked with spaghetti is a delicacy on its own. Spaghetti can also be replaced by macaroni or pasta. Here is a simple meatball recipe with spaghetti.
Ingredients

• 1 pound spaghetti
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1½ teaspoons homemade spaghetti sauce
• 1 medium-sized onion, finely chopped
• ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• salt to taste

For Sauce

• 1½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 onion finely chopped
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, crushed
• 15 fresh basil leaves, sliced thinly
• 1½ cups beef stock
• ½ teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 cup tomato puree
• ¼ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped

Method
Boil spaghetti in a large pan of salted water till it is cooked. In a large bowl add beef, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, salt, pepper, cheese and spaghetti sauce and mix till incorporated. Roll the mixture into medium-sized balls and keep aside. Grease a baking tray with extra virgin olive oil and transfer the meatballs to it. Bake the meatballs in a preheated oven at 175 ºC for about 10 minutes. Heat a deep frying pan and add oil, onion, garlic paste and crushed pepper flakes and stir till the onion turns light golden brown. Mix the beef stock, tomato puree and parsley and cook till the stock simmers. Transfer the spaghetti and meatballs and cook for about 5 minutes. Remove the contents to a serving plate and garnish it with shredded cheese and serve with garlic bread.

Meatballs with Worcestershire Sauce
There are different methods to cook meatballs. One such method is this easy meatballs recipe cooked in Swedish style.
Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• ½ pound sausage
• 2½ tablespoons ketchup
• i tablespoon garlic paste
• ½ teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1½ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• salt to taste

For Sauce

• 1½ cups cream of mushroom soup
• ¼ cup milk
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• A pint of Tabasco sauce

Method
In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together with the ground beef and sausage, knead well. Roll this mixture into medium-sized balls and bake for half an hour in a preheated oven at 175 ºC. In another medium-sized bowl mix the ingredients of sauce. Simmer the sauce mixture and meatballs for 30 minutes in a skillet. Remove from the burner and serve hot with noodles or rice.

Try these meatball appetizer recipes at home and entice the taste buds of your family and friends and surprise them with delicious meatballs for dinner.