The Speares

Living the life in Muskoka


Giant Meatballs


In a medium bowl combine

  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp bread crumbs
  • 1/2 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 4 meatballs. You can make four hamburgers instead at this point - squish the balls into a hamburger shape and then make a big thumb imprint in the middle or else they'll swell up into balls when you cook them. You can carry on with this recipe and cook the hamburgers as if they were meatballs but I find they're much better on the BBQ.

But if you're actually making the meatballs, then carry on with this recipe. 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 * not concentrated *

And cook covered for

25 minutes at simmer.

Serve with mashed potatoes.