Meatballs Recipe | Italian Recipes | PBS Food

Meatballs Recipe | Italian Recipes | PBS Food

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Try Lidia Bastianich's Meatballs recipe. It appears in her PBS special - Lidia Celebrates America.

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium carrot, coarsely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
  • 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 pound ground veal
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 cups bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1⁄4 cup extra- virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 ½ cups)
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more as needed
  • 2 fresh bay leaves, or 3 dried bay leaves
  • ½ teaspoon peperoncino flakes
  • Three 28- ounce cans Italian plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano, crushed by hand
  • 1 cup grated Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano

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