My meatball obsession is so real

I have a love for meatballs! Have I told you that?  It’s not something someone admits openly but because we’re friends, I think you can handle knowing this about me.

Swear on the bible, I always thought meatballs were suppose to be small & golf ball size at the most. Then I saw the movie “The Wedding Singer” with Adam Sandler. When the little old lady slapped some palm sized meatballs in his hand as payment for her singing lessons, I was like “Holyyyyyy hell”!  My meatball loving heart almost burst with excitement. 

 

For years, I have tried various recipes but none of them hit the spot.  We use to have meatballs every other week as I tried out different recipes.  My hubster said they were all good but I wasn’t blown away by any of them.

To be completely honest, I actually gave up trying to make them for a few years and started buying them from Sbarro because, in my humble opinion, Sbarro’s meatballs are super bomb dot com.  I had forgotten just how good they were until after an alcohol induced night with friends in Vegas, I stumbled upon a Sbarro in the food court of our hotel.  It was like finding a lost love! I truly believe in my heart of hearts that Sbarro meatballs saved me from a mean hang over the next day though my hubster says there’s no scientific proof to my theory.  

When we got back home, I was determined to figure out a good meatball recipe and decided to combine things I liked from other failed attempts into a recipe that I loved.

 Here are the things I knew I needed my meatballs to be:

• Palm size, no less and no more. Less is pointless & more doesn’t hold up well when cooked.
• A mixture of meats for taste and texture
• Well seasoned
• Tender so you could cut it with a fork while still holding it’s shape
• Hearty…I wanted to be able to eat them by themselves in sauce with some crusty bread!
• LOVED…when friends & family tasted them, I wanted them to love meatballs as much as I did.

I came up with the following recipe!  

 

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