Here is my recipe for Italian Meatballs that I add to spaghetti sauce…or generally end up eating directly off the tray right out of the oven!
1 package Hot Italian Pork Sausage (5 links)
1 package ground chicken or pork or lean beef or turkey
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp sage
1 tbsp crushed red chillies
1 tbsp thyme
1/3 cup wheat germ
1 egg
Separate sausage meat from casings and discard casings. Mix sausage meat
with ground meat. Add in garlic, thyme, sage, chillies and mix well. Add in wheat germ and egg. Mix until completely blended. Add additional wheat germ if mixture is too moist.
Bring a pot of water to bowl and preheat the oven to 350 fahrenheit. Form meat mixture into balls (roughly 1 tbsp of mixture for each). Drop meatballs into boiling water and boil until they rise to the top. With a slotted spoon, remove meatballs from boiling water and place on lined baking sheet. Put in oven and bake for 15 minutes. Voila! Add to your favourite pasta sauce!
*you can replace wheat germ with bread crumbs
