little granny's meat balls

Name: Little Granny's Meat Balls
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound(s) ground beef; 1 pound(s) ground pork or 2 1/2 lbs ground beef; 2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) ground sage; 1 teaspoon(s) ground pepper; 1 - egg; 1/2 cup(s) bread crumbs; 1/2 cup(s) finely chopped onion

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Elaine Douglas

Vancouver, BC

Updated on Apr 22, 2015

My mother made very good meat patties (She called them meatballs). They were like flattened meat balls. My children and my grandchildren loved them. Mother would not give me her recipe. Try as I might I couldn't duplicate her meat patties. After she died I found this recipe on a scrap of paper in her favourite cookbook. I think that her secret was the ground sage. When she got older she started to substitute ground chicken and turkey.I am including this recipe for my grandchildren as a remembrance of their "little granny".

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Pan Fry

yield lots of meatballs or 2 big meat loaves

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 pound ground pork or 2 1/2 lbs ground beef
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground sage
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 - egg
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely chopped onion

How To Make little granny's meat balls

Step 1

Mix all ingredients (your hands work best for this) and shape into meat patties or place in a couple of loaf pans.

Step 2

Brown the meat patties (Granny called them meat balls) in an oiled pan so that they are well-caramelized on both sides. Check to be sure they are cooked through before removing from the pan. 160 degrees F.
Step 3

Bake loaves in a 350 degree oven for about an hour or more until done.
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