This is Nanny’s delicious recipe for Italian Meatballs. Enjoy! – Hedy
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What you will need:
2 pounds chopped beef (chuck or round)
1 small loaf of stale Italian bread (If stale bread is not available, substitute with one cup of plain breadcrumbs and about 3/4 to one cup of warm water)
4 large cloves of garlic finely chopped
3 tablespoons of fresh Italian parsley finely chopped
1 1/2 cups of grated Italian cheese (Pecorino….etc.)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
Oil for frying
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I worked in an authentic Italian old world restaurant and we used two kinds of meat and milk in our bread…we also baked them and made the sauce daily…we made bread sticks by slicing pieces of the pizza dough and deep frying it adding garlic as soon as it came out… Out of this world…
Looks very good.
Make some more Italian food, I love it.
I like your recipe 😋but I also like a little bit of shredded carrot in my meat balls
Hey UR the best.
Watching U now..missing Aunt Ann.
Yes Gravy and macaroni
Litttle story my fellow Eye-talian chefs regarding meatballs. I have the most incredible friend who prides herself on her meatballs. Had them, NOPE. Now respect tells us we never tell a chef their meatballs aren’t good esp when it’s a friend. Sadly, she does everything perfect, except- has this obligatory idea that the sauce should cook all day and evening. What I discovered is her meatballs are very grainy, or mealy. That’s better mealy. That’s because to cook that long, she’s rendering all the fat out of the meatballs, they literally are devoid of any fat at all/ healthy I suppose but they are so mealy. Same with Italian sausage. When overcooked in a hot sauce for hours and hours, you literally are cooking out all the flavor. I politely told her I think her sauce is very good but I don’t think you need to cook this for 8 hours lol. She told me she’s Italian she knows how’s to cook ‘da gravy’. So since then I shut ip, I enjoy the company and the meal for the most part so it’s always worth the visit but DONT OVERCOOK YOUR MEAT SO LONG THAT IT RENDERS THEM DRY AND MEALY. Ok story over
I learned from my mother and grandmother to use milk to soak with the bread in their meatballs recipe.
I make them just like you with the water bread cheese ect. I love the way you cook old school Italian 😍I made you Scrole and beans tonight delicious!🥰reminds me of my childhood I never actually made it myself! I usually make escarole soup with tortellini. You must have wine when you cook meatballs 🥰
😋 DELICIOUS….
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Hedy Toronto you are a true Neopolitan my mother made meatballs the same way God bless the people from Napoli we are the greatest
Hi Hedy , Love the video I hope things are well I'm still here it's 2022 despite having a heart attack and by-pass surgery I'm still standing at 62 I want to come over for dinner ? Take care !
CUT THE BREAD OPEN BEFORE SOAKING
What if you don't want to use eggs ? The meatballs still bind?
I now realise that I add the meatballs to the sauce too soon
Cooking too long could be why I don't get a soft mealball
Love this woman, she reminds me of all the strong, loving amazing women that taught me how to cook
You should use a tripod for the camera. Too much movement. I felt like I was on my ship during a storm.
My Mom grew up on 112 ( a hun12th) St on 2nd Ave in Harlem in the 1950's
. And yes, Macaroni & Gravy every Sunday "the macs are in the water, start getting ready for dinner" and we ate early on Sunday like 2 or 3pm. By 7 we would be hungry so had cold cuts. I just shape them round so not hard and I fry them as well, I love them plain fried too. And the Pork in the Gravy or beef, oh so good, Gets so tender. She used to go to the Butcher and ask for a piece of beef or pork for gravy and he knew.
And with plain white bread we would make gravy sandwich to taste, plus we we hungry waiting 🙂
Very nice. but instead of garlic why not use black pepper and fennel seeds. You'll find it more delicious . How about frying the meatballs in a frying pan .
These are Italian American meatballs. Nowhere in Italy will you fins giant meatballs. They're not made like the ones you're used to in USA. Guanciarle is their meat with pasta; not giant meatballs.
🎉 well done. (I secretly like my meatballs a lil hard though)
I soak my stale bread in milk but my recipe is the same recipe as hers.
And I have to say that I use more Garlic than some people like, but that’s how I know they are mine meatball and Gravy.
I always fry my meatballs with olive oil and about five crushed cloves of garlic to flavor the oil I fry them in.
Just the tomatoes! Bravo! Tried it that way once, and since then… well… you know. Same for the soup! Greets from serbia! P.S. A bit of an advice – don't worry about the seeds – they dissolve.
What a kind and lovely woman you are and what a beautiful family you have… cheers!!
5:55 most people I know use milk too and I think it smells and tastes horrible when it cooks. It’s hard not to burn milk and it smells when you do. I use beef bone broth and it melts in your mouth.
This video is a keeper. Thank you very much for the recipe! God bless.
Excellent Recipe! Almost identical to my Calabrian Mother’s, and yes my kids love the fried meatballs better!
Hey Cuz, love you to death. Continue your great recipes from our Italian family heritage. ❤️❤️❤️🍷🍷
Love this. The higher ups would be very happy. bellissima