Sweet & Sour Cocktail Meatballs
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Category
Main Dishes
Servings
20
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
12 minutes
Menu
#13
Ingredients
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4 slices hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces
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½c milk
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2 large eggs
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½lb ground pork
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½c fresh parsley, finely chopped
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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1t salt
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2t pepper
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2½lbs lean ground beef
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1T vegetable oil
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1 onion, minced
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1 (28oz) can tomato sauce
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¼c packed dark brown sugar
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3T Worcestershire sauce
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2T Dijon mustard
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¼t red pepper flakes
Directions
Using fork, mash bread, milk and eggs in large bowl until smooth.
Add pork, parsley, garlic, onion, salt and pepper; mix until incorporated.
Add beef and knead until combined.
Form mixture into 1¼-inch meatballs (makes about 30).
Place meatballs on 3-inch rack and bake at 350°F for 6 minutes per side.
While meatballs bake, place tomato sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and red pepper flakes in 3-quart sauce pan and mix well.
Heat sauce at 275˚F to achieve simmer.
Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Place meatballs in sauce to coat, then place in chafing dish or in the Liner Pan to serve.
Recipe Note
Tip: Unless you have the Extender Ring Kit, you will need to bake the meatballs in stages. With the Extender Ring Kit, both the 1-inch and 2-inch racks to place the meatballs on each layer.
