How To Make Meatballs with our easy meatballs recipe.
You’ve got to try these homemade meat balls! They’re savoury in flavour, moist, delicious and easy to make.
These meatballs can be used for just about anything, including, Swedish meatballs, savoury meatballs, spaghetti and meatballs or even used as dippers or appetisers!
This recipe is very simple and uses just a few ingredients to create classic homemade meatballs.
They’re perfect for all of your favorite recipes, including spaghetti and meatballs, sandwiches, subs, soups, and game-day snacks.
Recipe For Cocktail Meatballs
Yield: Yield: 40+
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
This recipe for cocktail meatballs creates meat balls that are made from scratch and they're so good, you'll never go back to store bought again! They are great as an appetiser, perfect on the table for a main meal, used as nibbles before the meal or as a party finger food.
These are delicious served hot or cold.
Ingredients
500g lean beef mince
250g sausage meat
1 egg
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 tsp curry powder
1 Tbs chopped parsley
1 Tbs chopped coriander
1 large onion
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180℃
Finely chop the onion
Lightly whisk egg in a small stainless steel bowl
Place all ingredients in a large bowl and using your hands combine together.
Form into 2½ cm (1 inch) small balls by rolling a small amount between your hands
Put the meatballs into a lightly greased roasting dish with small gaps in between.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until becoming golden brown.
Remove from oven .
Place meatballs on biscuit/cookie cooling racks to cool and drain
Notes
Tips
Do not overcook: If overcooked the meatballs will dry out and or will form a hard crust on the outside.
Do Not Overmix: The trick to keeping meatballs extra tender and juicy is not over mixing when you combine the ingredients. Overmixing makes them tough so when making this meatball recipe, mix just until combined!
Size Matters: Ensuring the meatballs are the same size will ensure they cook at the same rate.
Don’t be Lean: Making sure your meat has a bit of fat helps keep them tender. If you’re using extra lean meat, a dash of olive oil or fat can be added.
How to freeze homemade meatballs
You can freeze the meatballs either cooked or uncooked. I prefer freezing them already cooked so they can go straight from the freezer into a pot of red sauce and then just simmer until heated through. Cooked meatballs should be completely cooled before placing in a gallon-sized freezer bag and transferred to the freezer.
To freeze uncooked meatballs, place the raw meatballs on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze on the baking sheet until solid (1-2 hours) before transferring to freezer bags for longer storage. Thaw completely before cooking.
Dipping Sauces For Meatballs
There's nothing wrong with taking shortcuts and a jar of store-bought pasta sauce is a good one. But, if you have some time to spare or you're looking for homemade sauce, we think you might like our easy make ahead dipping sauces for cocktail meatballs.
Spaghetti Bolognese Bolognese is a “meat sauce”, so makes a perfect pairing for your meat balls.
While ingredients in Bolognese consist of carrots, zuchini, brown onion, mushrooms and minced meat, imagine adding meatballs! Use this Spaghetti Bolognese.
