Meatballs with sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Sirloin steak
½ pounds Cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon Onion powder
1 tablespoon Garlic powder
1½ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
2 Eggs
2 pounds Gound meat(beef, pork, trky)
2 teaspoons Flour
Cooking oil
½ Onion; chopped fine
¼ Green pepper; chopped fine
2 cups Tomato sauce
Water
½ cup White wine

Directions

Grind sirloin and dice cheese into ¼" cubes. Mix onion powder, garlic powder and cayenne pepper, with the eggs, ground meat and sirloin. Roll into 2-½ inch balls. With a spoon make a hole in the center of each meatball, put in a cube of cheese and reclose the ball. Roll in flour and brown. Make roux with 2 teaspoons flour and cooking oil. Add onions, then add green peppers. Add tomato sauce and one can of water. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Add meatballs and let simmer until gravy reaches desired thickness. Add white wine and stir. This can be served over spaghetti or rice with a salad.

Serves 8.

SOURCE: 1979 New Orleans Times-Picayune Recipe Contest Cookbook.

Typed for you by Nancy Coleman

Related recipes