Giant lazy meatballs
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
- 4 slices stale bread
Cut the crusts off the stale bread and crumble it into a bowl; dry fresh bread briefly in the oven or toaster.
The bread and milk slurry
- whole milk
- ground pork
- ground beef
Add whole milk and stir thoroughly with a fork; set the slurry aside.
Combine the ground pork and beef in a bowl with two cold forks until fairly uniform, without overworking.
Mixing pork and beef with two forks
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- dried oregano
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- cayenne
Add kosher salt, black pepper, dried oregano, onion powder, garlic powder and a few shakes of cayenne.
Seasonings, cheese and eggs
- olive oil
- freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- chopped Italian parsley
- 2 whole beaten eggs
Add the bread slurry, a little olive oil, grated Parmesan, optional chopped parsley and the beaten eggs; mix with the forks until evenly combined.
Cover and refrigerate about an hour so the flavors mingle and the meat is cold for forming.
Chilling the mix
- olive oil
With damp hands, form a quarter of the mixture into each of four giant meatballs and set them in a roasting pan or baking dish lightly greased with olive oil.
Bake in the center of a 400 degree oven about 40 to 45 minutes, until browned.
- tomato sauce
- Monterey Jack
Top with tomato sauce, then Monterey Jack and a dusting of Parmesan.
Sauce, cheese and a final bake
- Parmesan
- Italian parsley
Return to the oven about five minutes, then finish with a sprinkling of Italian parsley.