Recipe: Perfect Italian meatballs aka Polpette

Italian meatballs aka Polpette. Gather the materials and put in the multi mixer the bread with milk, parsley and parmesan.. Polpette are the big nicely-spiced meatballs found in Italian-American pasta dishes (they are apparently not found in Italy itself, where the meatballs are much smaller) and in meatball subs. When researching this polpette recipe we came across the wonderful Nonna's Way blog which includes a wealth of dishes and Italian-American-grandma.

It was a wedding shower gift that I treasure. As a newlywed I used this recipe a lot! Plunge your meatballs into pot with the tomato sauce. You can have Italian meatballs aka Polpette using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian meatballs aka Polpette

1. It's 400 gr of mince beef meat.
2. Prepare 1 slice of bread.
3. It's 2 tbsp of grated parmesan.
4. Prepare 1 of small glass of milk.
5. You need 1 pinch of salt.
6. It's 1 pinch of pepper.
7. You need 3 pinch of parsley.
8. It's 1 of egg.

Turn on heat to medium low. Once finished cooking add the basil and cover with lid. Cook your favorite pasta or gnocchi, as directed by package, to serve with meatballs. The sauce should cover about two-thirds of the meatballs.

Italian meatballs aka Polpette instructions

1. Gather the materials and put in the multi mixer the bread with milk, parsley and parmesan. If the bread is already crumbled no need for mixer..
2. Break the egg in the mince meat add salt and pepper and stir..
3. Add in the minced meat the mixed ingredients and stir to obtain a smooth result. Then put it to rest in the fridge at least half hour..
4. After 30 minutes,we make small balls and we roll them slightly in the flour..
5. In a pan put 2 tbsp of olive oil and some herbs like sage rosemary etc and let the pan come to a high temperature..
6. After the pan is ready we put the little balls and we stir them. We add bit of salt if needed and slowly we add the lemon juice and the wine. We let them be cooked in a medium fire for 8 to 10 minutes. Enjoy!.

Raise the temperature to boil, then cover with a lid. Check the progress from time to time turning the meatballs as needed for uniform cooking. Serve hot, with an ample amount of sauce on top of the meatballs. Heat a little olive oil in a pan and brown the meatballs on all sides, set aside on a plate. Place the cooked onion in a blender with good quality canned chopped tomatoes and blitz until smooth.