Weeknight Sauerbraten Meatballs Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix together beef, 1/3 cup gingersnaps, onion, water, salt, and pepper in a mixing bowl.
• Shape mixture into 24 meatballs.
• Place on rack on baking pan and bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Cook noodles and drain.
• Mix sauce ingredients except raisins in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
• Stir in raisins and meatballs; heat through.
• Serve over cooked noodles.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In small bowl, mix all meatball ingredients. Shape mixture into 10 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs. Place in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center; drain.
• Meanwhile, cook and drain noodles as directed on package, omitting salt.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat all sauce ingredients to boiling, stirring occasionally; reduce heat to medium. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.
• Stir drained meatballs into sauce. Serve over noodles.

Steps:

• Mix beef, crushed gingersnaps, onion, salt, pepper, and evaporated milk in a large mixing bowl. (This may seem wet, but it will firm up with kneading).
• Spray a large non-stick skillet; shape meat mixture into meatballs and brown evenly.
• Mix remaining ingredients.
• When meatballs are browned, add liquid mixture. bring to a boil.
• Cover tightly, reduce heat to low, and simmer 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix together the beef, milk, breadcrumbs, cloves, allspice, salt, and pepper.
• Form into 1-inch meatballs.
• In a skillet, brown the meatballs in hot oil.
• Drain off the fat then add 1 cup water, vinegar, ginger, bay leaf, and brown sugar.
• Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Skim the fat from the remaining liquid, then remove the meatballs from the skillet and set aside, keeping them warm.
• Remove the bay leaf.
• Mix flour and the 2 tablespoons cool water, then gradually stir into the pan juices to make gravy.
• Pour gravy over meatballs and serve with buttered noodles.