TURKEY MEATBALLS: Polpettine di Tacchino

I shouldn't watch History Channel in the evening as I have the tendency to get hooked on the show and the next thing I know it's already 3am. It's good if my body will compensate for the late hours and I will sleep until  11 am ...but NO -- I am up and about at 7am and crazily baking muffins like a mad woman, banging pans and loudly beating the eggs with my new red mixer , experimenting on  OATMEAL APPLE RAISIN MUFFIN  and FROSTED PUMPKIN MUFFIN while the cat sleepily gazed at me from the corner of his eyes.

Today was a long day for me! In between errands, I managed to take the teens practice driving to the middle of nowhere and I can feel that I am going to crash any minute now...

Funny thing is...in that "middle of nowhere place" --we found a friendly familiar place ---Walmart   ---eerrr --correction..EMPTY Walmart! Odd.. where is everybody? No line, No traffic in the parking lot , No scary people --- -Where are we anyway??

 The original plan is to have our usual Sunday MAC AND CHEESE  dinner but I forgot that I took out the ground meat from the freezer --so we enjoyed this  Batali meatballs as I served them as a heavy appetizer with crusty french bread, cheese and  roast beef tonight

Mario B's version: Page 341

Maria B's version:

MEATBALLS:

1 lb ground turkey
1 lb ground pork
2 cups bread crumbs
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp rosemary
1 tbsp hot red pepper flakes
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp ground pepper

SAUCE:

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 onion sliced
 3 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp hot red pepper flakes 
1 cup red wine
1 sprig fresh rosemary or 2 tbsp dried rosemary
1 cup tomato sauce
 salt and pepper
chopped italian parsley

HERE'S HOW:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees
• Make meatballs by combining all ingredients (see meatballs). Mix well
• Form into golf ball sizes and place in baking pan
• Roast until golden brown about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees
• Meanwhile make a sauce by cooking onion and garlic in olive oil. Add red pepper.
• Add wine and rosemary and bring to a boil
• Add tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes
• Add sauce to the meatballs and place in the oven.
• Cook for another 30 minutes
• Season meatballs with salt and pepper . Top with parsley
• Serve

Comments

[MBT Sandals]

I love Mario Batali. Great concept for a blog. i love it. your food looks terrific.