Lemon Dill Meatballs In A Tomato Cream Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a baking rack on top. Spray the baking rack with cooking spray.
• Combine bread crumbs and milk in a large bowl. Allow bread crumbs to soak up the milk for about 10 minutes. Mix in ground beef, ground pork, onion, parsley, celery, egg, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper until combined; mixture will be fairly wet. Shape into 36 meatballs with a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop. Place meatballs on the prepared baking rack.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball reads 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), about 18 minutes.
• While the meatballs are baking, melt butter for sauce in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in beef broth and Worcestershire sauce until smooth. Cook, stirring often, until slightly thickened, about 12 minutes.
• Remove meatballs from the oven and add to the sauce mixture. Simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in sour cream, dill, and lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the beef, pork, onion, seasonings, crumbs and water. Shape into 1-1/4-in. balls and place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°; drain. , Meanwhile, for sauce, melt butter in a large skillet. Blend in flour until smooth. Add broth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add dill and meatballs. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. , Stir in cream. Cook and stir for 15 minutes or until thickened. Serve with noodles if desired or as an appetizer.

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix the meat, salt, pepper, eggs, onion and cream.
• (I use my kitchenaid).
• With moistened hands (this will be sticky), shape into 1 inch balls.
• Roll the meatballs in bread crumbs until well coated.
• Arrange in a single layer on shallow baking pans.
• Drizzle melted butter over the meatballs.
• Bake at 375 degrees, turning 3 or 4 times, until evenly browned, about 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce:.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat.
• Whisk in the flour till smooth.
• Gradually stir in the chicken broth.
• Continue stirring until thickened and bubbly, then blend in sour cream, dill and seasonings.
• Place meatballs in a serving dish and cover with the sauce.
• Serve over egg noodles.

Steps:

• Sauce 1) In a medium saucepan cook the onion and garlic in hot butter until onion is tender but not brown. 2) Stir in undrained tomatoes, dill, sugar, salt & pepper. 3) Bring to boiling and reduce heat. 4) Simmer, uncovered for 30-35 minutes or to desired consistency, stirring occasionally. Meatballs 1) Combine egg, breadcrumbs, onion and lemon peel. 2) Add meat and mix well. Shape meat mixture into equal sized meatballs. 3) In a large skillet, cook meatballs in hot oil for 8-10 minutes or till no pink remains. 4) Drain well. Complete Meal 1) Stir meatballs into sauce. 2) Slowly add heavy cream to the sauce-meatball mixture, stirring constantly. 3) Cook and stir for about 2 minutes or until heated through. 4) Serve over hot cooked pasta.