Silvia Colloca reveals how to cook the perfect Italian meatballs

Silvia Colloca reveals how to cook the perfect Italian meatballs

7news.com.au

Whether you eat them with spaghetti, bread, or even polenta - traditional Italian meatballs are a flavour-bomb the whole family will love.

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Cooking tools:

  • Kitchen scale
  • Microplane
  • Grater
  • Pepper mill
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Mixing bowl
  • Spoon
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Baking sheet
  • Skillet
  • Stove
  • Refrigerator
  • Can opener

Ingredients

  • 2 thick slices of stale bread, crusts removed, cut into chunks
  • 250ml (1 cup) milk
  • 450 g veal (or beef) and pork mince
  • 1 egg
  • handful of flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
  • 4 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg
  • 35g (1/3) freshly grated parmigiano
  • salt flakes and freshly ground white pepper
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, skin on, bashed with the back of a knife
  • 125ml (1/2) red wine
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 x 400 g cans chopped tomatoes
  • spaghetti, crusty bread or soft polenta, to serve

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