The Speares

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Giant Meatballs


In a medium bowl combine

  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp bread crumbs
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp pepper 1/4 is fine
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg

Mix in
  • 1 pound ground meat

Mix it all up then make 6 1/3 cup meatballs. In a frypan with a good lid heat up
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp oil

Then fry the meatballs in it until well browned all over. Discard oil but leave brown bits. Return meatballs to frypan. Then add
  • 1 cup chicken stock or tomato juice

And cook covered for

25 minutes at simmer.

If you used chicken stock, make it into a gravy and serve with mashed potatoes. If you used tomato juice, add a jar of spaghetti sauce and serve with pasta.