Beware; these beef balls will make you go insane…
Basketball, Volleyball, golf ball and beef balls are lined up in front of you, which one will you pick??? I can hear the unanimous screaming from all of you “Beef balls, beef balls, beef ballsss…
When the beef balls came out of the oven well done and browned, my husband who was calm and humble until that time, transformed into a selfish and greedy being. For the first time, he couldn’t wait till the beef balls got a neat presentation and did few posing in front of the camera. He begged me and bugged me like crazy for these beef balls. Can’t blame him, it’s the beef balls that made him insane. Finally, I was forced to throw few beef balls into his mouth just to make him shut. In just seconds he finished it and sneaked into the kitchen to gobble up other beef balls too. Gosh, what’s the matter with this man? I screamed. And I had to wind up the photo session real fast.
This recipe is adapted from Rachael Ray. These are the same meat balls, which are used for making the popular “Spaghetti and meat balls”. I ignored the spaghetti and just made the meatballs. This could be served as a finger food or as an appetizer, either way there will be a high demand for this and will vanish from the platter in just a matter of seconds.
Beef Balls
Ingredients:
- Groung beef- 1 pound
- Minced garlic- 1tsp
- Worcestershire sauce- 2tsp
- Egg, beaten-1
- Bread crumbs- 1/4 cup
- Grated parmesan- 2 handfuls
- Italian seasoning- 1 tsp
- Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Non-stick cooking spray- to grease the baking sheet
Instruction:
- Preheat oven to 425 F
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, minced garlic, worcestershire sauce, egg, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, ground pepper and salt.
- Make medium sized balls out of it.
- Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and place the balls on it.
- Bake the balls for initial 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes of baking, turn the balls to the other side and bake for another 10 more minutes.
- Take the balls out of the oven, insert a tooth pick into each balls and serve hot with ketchup or any other sauce.
Tips:
- You could even make patties out of this seasoned ground beef and bake it.
- Baked beef patties can be used for making burgers, place the patty between the hamburger buns and top it with grilled onions, pickled cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, lettuce and smear the buns with mayonnaise.
- Groung beef- 1 pound
- Minced garlic- 1tsp
- Worcestershire sauce- 2tsp
- Egg, beaten-1
- Bread crumbs- ¼ cup
- Grated parmesan- 2 handfuls
- Italian seasoning- 1 tsp
- Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Non-stick cooking spray- to grease the baking sheet
- Preheat oven to 425 F
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, minced garlic, worcestershire sauce, egg, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, ground pepper and salt.
- Make medium sized balls out of it.
- Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and place the balls on it.
- Bake the balls for initial 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes of baking, turn the balls to the other side and bake for another 10 more minutes.
- Take the balls out of the oven, insert a tooth pick into each balls and serve hot with ketchup or any other sauce.
Baked beef patties can be used for making burgers, place the patty between the hamburger buns and top it with grilled onions, pickled cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, lettuce and smear the buns with mayonnaise.
