Description

You may think that you have a good meatball recipe, but you need a great meatball recipe and this is it. It will become your go to recipe in the future.

Ingredients

• Meatballs:
• 1 1/4 lb. ground beef
• ½ c. grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• 1 lemon, zested
• ½ c. finely chopped onions
• ½ c. fresh breadcrumbs (white bread or other with crusts removed in a food processor for best results)
• 7 oz. whole milk
• 1 whole egg
• ¼ c. pine nuts
• ½ c. golden raisins
• ½ c. chopped flat leaf parsley, stems removed
• ½ t. chopped fresh garlic clove
• ½ T. sugar
• ½ oz. salt
• Sauce:
• ½ T. minced fresh garlic
• 2 anchovy filets
• 2 oz. olive oil
• ¼ c. finely diced onion
• ¼ c. finely diced fennel bulb
• 1 t. fennel seed
• ¼ c. freshly squeezed orange juice
• ½ c. red wine vinegar
• 2 large cans San Marzano plum tomatoes, crushed by hand, with its juices
• 1/2 oz. sugar
• ½ T. salt
• 1 bay leaf
• basil Leaves and rosemary, roughly chopped
• chopped parsley

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 550 degrees or as hot as possible, a convection oven is even better. Oil a large rimmed sheet pan.
2. Meatballs:
3. Place all meatball ingredients in a stand mixer; mix with paddle attachment slowly for 2-3 minutes until completely incorporated, or place into a large bowl and mix by hand.