Makes 20-30 meatballs

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
• 2 teaspoons dry minced onion
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese grated or (2 ounces)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Method

Mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl using your fingers. Mix until the meat no long feels slimy from the eggs. Shape in golf ball size meatballs and place on a large baking sheet with sides. Bake at 375º for 15-20 minutes until the meatballs are done all the way through. Rinse in a colander to remove any egg and cheese that has leaked out.

Departures

Instead of using minced onion, I used onion powder. I forgot the parmesan. No rinsing was needed. These turned out great. They tasted good all by themselves, but I served them with "Cream sauce for meatballs," which was quite good.

2014-12-14: Just made the recipe a second time. Remembered the parmesan this time. Have to say it didn't seem to make much difference in the taste. Perhaps because I used cheapo parmesan in a can? In any case, the recipe can clearly be made without the parmesan.

Again I paired it with cream sauce for meatballs. That's okay, but it is not an ideal pairing with the Italian spices of the sausage.

I think it would be more interesting taste-wise to use instead of Italian sausage, standard farmer's sausage, and then mix in a cup of rehydrated cranberries or a cup of lingonberries. That would work better with the cream sauce.

2016-01-10: I made this again for the 4th or 5th time. It's definitely a go-to recipe now.

2020-04-01: I made these again. This time only used beef because Food City had no ground pork. Still very tasty.

2024-03-24: Made them in the Speedi on bake/roast at 350°F for 11 minutes. Didn't have parmesan, so I used feta instead. Had to cook them in two batches.