Ingredients
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1 lb ground sirloin
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1 lb ground pork
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1 lb ground veal
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1 1/4 cups fine plain breadcrumbs (I use Progresso plain breadcrumbs, grandmother used a ground up hard roll)
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1/2 cup milk
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1 medium white onion, finely chopped
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1 lemon, zest of, small finely chopped
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1 lemon, juice of
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3 tablespoons capers, chopped
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3 tablespoons anchovy paste (alternatively you may use sardines or herring) or 3 tablespoons crushed anchovy fillets (alternatively you may use sardines or herring)
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1/4 cup melted butter
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1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
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flour (for rolling)
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1 (32 ounce) box chicken stock or 1 (32 ounce) box vegetable stock
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1 bay leaf
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1/4 cup cider vinegar
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1/2 cup good quality dry white wine (I use fume blanc or extra dry champagne)
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10 black peppercorns
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2 tablespoons capers
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1 lemon, zest of, small finely chopped
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1 teaspoon kosher salt
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4 eggs, slightly beaten
Instructions
- In a large saucepan or Dutch oven such as Le Creuset, heat broth ingredients (stock, bay leaf, cider vinegar, white wine, peppercorns, and 2 tablespoons capers) to a simmer over medium heat.
- Meanwhile, combine meatball ingredients, mix well.
- Form meat mixture into golf-ball sized balls (note: mixture will be a bit sticky and delicate to work with, but this is normal, and the result will be a moist and tender meatball!). Roll them in flour, and carefully place into hot broth; simmer each batch for 15 minutes, but do not boil. (Tip: do not crowd meatballs, ie only simmer about 10-12 meatballs at a time). Note that the broth will thicken as you add the flour covered meatballs, which will make a nice sauce.
- Carefully remove meatballs from the hot broth with a slotted spoon, and keep them warm in a covered bowl stored in the oven while making the sauce. Discard bay leaf.
- To Make Cream Sauce:
- To hot broth stir in the sauce ingredients and heat through, but do not boil.
- Add the cooked meatballs to the heated sauce, stir gently and warm through.
- To Serve:
- Serve Meatballs and Cream Sauce with boiled new potatoes (salzkartoffel) or hot buttered spaetzle noodles, and German Rotkohl recipe #108449. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley, for garnish.
- To Serve as an Appetizer:
- Make the meatballs smaller and serve warm from the crock pot with toothpicks, buttered rolls and potato salad recipe #309891.
- Freezes well.