Cafe Martorano Meatballs

By ldijoe

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 lb. ground pork
• 1 lb. ground veal
• 4 eggs
• 1 lg. bunch of parsley (3 handfuls)
• 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Locatelli (3 handfuls)
• 1 1/2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs (3 handfuls)
• 1 loaf of Italian Bread
• 1/2 cup vegetable
• Kosher Salt (3 handfuls)
• Pepper
• Garlic Powder (3 handfuls)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Rip Italian Bread into pieces and place into a bowl of room temperature water.
2. Add to ground meat, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, grated cheese and mix together well.
3. Squeeze out excess water from bread and place in bowl with ground meat.
4. Add breadcrumb mix real well.
5. Form the meatballs.
6. Place vegetable oil in frying pan and fry the meatballs until lightly brown.

Makes 40-50 meatballs.