One of the Dirtiest Pages... Sweet & Tangy Meatballs

This originally came from my Life's on Fire cookbook which is... well loved. The cover is falling off it's so well loved. The neat thing about her cookbooks is that she's incorporated a whole meal into the recipe so, at the end of it, you have the main, the sides, all of it. It's pretty cool because she's also flagged each of the components so that, if you're just wanting to make the main (as in this case), you can still do it.

So get a big pot of water to boiling. Once it's at a rolling boil, take 2 pounds of lean ground beef (I think the recipe calls for 1 1/2 pounds but I round up and enjoy the extra). Using your hands, break off small chunks of beef and roll them into tight balls, dropping them into the water as you finish each one. Once you drop the last one in, set your kitchen timer to 7 minutes (she's a huge fan of cooking by kitchen timer and most of her stuff is ready in under 20 minutes prep). When the timer goes off, drain the meatballs in a colander then return them to the pot.

Mix 1 cup ketchup, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1 T Worcestershire Sauce, 1 small, finely chopped onion and about 1/4 c water (this is a bit less than her original recipe but I like a thicker sauce, if you like a thinner sauce, by all means go for the 3/4 c water that Sandy originally called for). Pour it over the meatballs and stir to coat. Bring it to a boil and simmer for about 15 minutes.

Tasty, tasty. This page in the cookbook is covered with ketchup stains and dashes of Worcestershire. That's how you know it's good.

ground pork meatballs

So, I have some ground pork, and think, "Hmmm, swedish type meatballs!" and so, go to the 'zaar. "ground pork" did not register as an ingredient, just sent me to all pork recipes. I have a recipe, but not all the ingredients. ;-( . The following is the solution to my predicament!

*** ~ = around - I was just throwing stuff together without measuring

1 lb ground pork
1 egg
~1/4 c bread crumbs
~1/4 c milk
2 tsp VE 3 onion dip mix
1/8 tsp allspice (or more if you like)
~1/2 tsp salt
~1/2 - 3/4 tsp black pepper
a few scrapes of fresh nutmeg probably 1/8 tsp of ground

I am cooking them right now and they smell amazing!

I put all that stuff into my stand mixer with the dough hook and let it do its thing on low. then used my handy icecream scoop/meatball scoop/cookie dough scoop and made meat balls and put them on my broil pan (lined with foil and with a wee bit of water in) and put them under the hi broil in the oven on the lowest rack. Cookem' til they're done. Fantastic!

Then, I moved the meatballs to the slowcooker, and turned it on so when I added the sauce, the crock was hot already.