Gaee’s Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs

Name: Gaee’s Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs
Yield: 20 to 30 1-inch meatballs
Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef (20 percent lean is recommended); 1 cup bread crumbs; 2 large eggs; 1 small onion, diced; 1 packet vegetable soup mix (Knorr is preferred), approximately 5 tablespoons; Cooking oil of your choice; 1 32-ounce can crushed tomatoes; 1/2 cup golden raisins; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 tablespoon citric acid, also called "sour salt"

Gaee’s Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs was pinched from <a href="http://www.americanfoodroots.com/my-american-roots/meatballs-trace-path-romania-brooklyn/" target="_blank">www.americanfoodroots.com.</a>

""Gaee" may sound like the exotic Romanian word for "grandma," but it's really just Michael Harlan Turkell's word from the time when he couldn't pronounce it. Like the name, Gaee's signature sweet-and-sour meatballs have stood the test of time. This recipe comes courtesy of Turkell...."

INGREDIENTS

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2 pounds ground beef (20 percent lean is recommended)

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1 cup bread crumbs

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2 large eggs

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1 small onion, diced

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1 packet vegetable soup mix (Knorr is preferred), approximately 5 tablespoons

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Cooking oil of your choice

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1 32-ounce can crushed tomatoes

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1/2 cup golden raisins

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1 tablespoon sugar

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1 tablespoon salt

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1 tablespoon citric acid, also called "sour salt"

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