How to Make ITALIAN MEATBALLS Like an Italian

ladies and gentlemen welcome to the most famous italian meatballs on the planet i sell them every week at the markets here in sydney everybody loves them they are incredible they are moist full of flavors and they are the italian meatballs that you want on your table so let's watch this episode and learn how to make meatballs like me [Music] easy moist yummy um [Music] hi and welcome to the enchant sauce plate the place where you get to learn how to cook delicious italian recipes and this is a fantastic recipe i'm very proud of i turned my grandmother and mother italian meatballs to the next level you wanna know how watch this video to make my meatballs we are making what batch or one kilo which means you can make it and then freeze off and eat off we start by using 500 grams of pork 500 grams of veal then we need five tablespoons of pecorino cheese or you can use parmigiano-reggiano cheese 3 tablespoons of bread crumbs 20 grams of salt 1 egg 4 slices of an italian bread or any artisan bread that you like okay you can use sourdough if you like just don't use chip bread okay one carrot one celery two cloves of garlic half onion some chopped parsley be very generous with parsley i normally chop about a bunch but you can put less you can put more up to you nice fresh basil extra virgin olive oil and two bottles of pasada this is of course homemade passata and a little bit of salt and pepper before we start this recipe we need to start making the sauce the sauce needs about one hour to cook and then we can add our meatballs in the sauce and cook for extra 40-45 minutes okay so to make the sauce first thing we need to do we need to blend our ingredients here the carrots the onion and the celery stick we put a little bit of extra virgin olive oil about four tablespoons i'm gonna use half of this to use as a base for a tomato sauce and the other half i'm using it for the meatballs mix trust me guys it's an amazing ingredient to add to the meatballs mix so this is a carrot onion and celery mix what we're gonna do is we're gonna put half of it in here for everyone who has been using sugar in the sauce thinking the sugar is the way to go well guys i'm gonna be honest with you this is what you need to use to make it sweet the carrots will help to make it sweet you also need a good tomato sauce that made with nice sweet tomatoes but do not put sugar in your tomato sauce anymore please just two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil now let's cook this sofrito you do not want to burn this alfredo so make sure you keep an eye on this alfredo for the first five minutes keep stirring so it cooks evenly everywhere after five minutes you can see that the sofrito is ready to make love with the tomato sauce look at this tomato sauce look how beautiful it is these tomatoes grow in australia they're made by filippo the gentleman that shared a video with us you can watch the video now on my channel if you want to learn how to make homemade tomato sauce like a sicilian look how thick it is so thick yum yum at this point give it a nice stir stir stir stir and let it cook the tomato sauce from a very dark bright red it will become a little bit more light in color all the sofrito has been mixed so we can do now we can add some salt some pepper make sure you cover your sauce with a lid and we're going to cook these on a medium low heat for one hour okay and stir every 15 minutes we don't want to burn the bottom of the pan so while you're cooking the sauce we are making the meatballs so here we have pork and veal okay if you don't want to use veal use beef so what we do now with the meat let's mix it a little bit an important thing to do with the bread you want to soak the slices of bread in warm water because this bread will keep your meatballs nice and moist when you cook them in the sauce now in the mix we start by adding the carrot celery and onion mix we're gonna add a pecorino or parmesan cheese bread crumbs and salt all in there and the eggs will help to combine all the ingredients in there i'm going to crush two garlic cloves you can use more if you want you can use less you can add any spices that you want if you want to add more spices this is how i love it this is how i like my meatballs i like the garlic to be crushed like that so it spreads evenly and i don't have big chunks in my mouth then i'm gonna add a nice generous amount of parsley when i say generous i mean it generous squeeze the bread so you get all the water out okay make sure you get all the water out and then we put this in the mix now that we've got all the bread in there there's nothing else to add so what we do now we mix when you mix this you really want to put all your energy or your power in there and you want to mix it like you want to turn your hands into a mixer [Music] i find meatballs one of the nicest recipes to make because everybody loves them even if you make the vegetarian meatballs it's easy to serve easy to eat comfort food that is best one of the best dishes to have and you can actually freeze them with the sauce already cooked you can freeze them raw you can keep them in the fridge cooked for a couple of days okay perfect so now that we have the mix we can make the meatballs what you need to do is always have water next to you to wet your hands so i'm using the same water we used before for the bread and you want to make sure your hands the palm of your hand is always wet so every two three meatballs that you make wet your hands okay and start making meatballs now you choose the size of your meatballs okay i like to make my meatballs about 40 grams each press press like this press and here is a meatball there are two options you can bake the meatballs which is what i'm doing today or you can shallow fry the meatballs okay both options are amazing bake them for 20 minutes at 180 celsius after 15-20 minutes the meatballs are ready as you can see they are perfectly cooked on the outside the deep sweat and that sweat it's flavors just before we add the meatballs in our sauce make sure you put basil everywhere put the basil stir well listen to the sound of music listen yeah oh now what we do we're gonna put the meatballs in the sauce just like that and we let it cook just like that gently you know it's enough sauce for you to add more meatballs if you want you know this is just a tutorial i'm just showing you how to make it then it's up to you to decide how many you want to make it is extremely important you never never never stir the meatballs because you don't want to break them okay so what you do you just move the pan around just be careful not to get burned move it around like this cover the meatballs make sure they're covered and then cover with the lid and let it cook for 30 to 40 minutes feel free to go and stir it every five to ten minutes now is the moment that the meatballs are cooking they are almost ready for you so show them some love 10 more minutes until we do the meatballs test what's the meatball test you're about to find out ladies and gentlemen here are the famous vincenzo's plate meatballs it's time for the taste i was telling you about so what we do we get one meatball and now we need to cut it let's see if it breaks easily with a fork let's see oh yeah not too much pressure is it cooked in the middle let's have a look cooked to perfection does it break easily again let's have a look easy to break are they moist i need to try them to make sure they are moist melt in my mouth the parsley is still fresh in there this is the meatball that you want to eat my friend the meatball full of flavors that melt in your mouth mmm time to serve now to serve i like to put the tomato sauce at the bottom i've got a nice bright plate so the meatballs stand out and then what we do is we put the meatballs on the plate put them nicely be kind be gentle put extra sauce on top of the meatballs meatballs always need the sauce they love the sauce and to decorate i'm going to sprinkle some parsley i'm going to sprinkle some pecorino cheese or you can use parmesan or cheese and then what i like to do i put some basil leaves on the plate to make it look more sexy the final touch is the basil all you have to do now is bring it to the table and enjoy [Music] these italian meatballs are not just moist and full of flavors they have all the love that you want in life look how easy it is to break look look at that easy moist yummy mmm it's melting in my mouth this sauce is sensational the meatballs are all about those beautiful simple ingredients and the meat is the main ingredient these are just fantastic the way they are my face is a proof what can i say guys just go to the butcher and make meatballs thank you so much for watching this episode we will see you in the next vincenzo's plate video recipe here vincenzo's plate thank you

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Id: Y3d9Lg8oneU

Length: 12min 18sec (738 seconds)

Published: Sun May 09 2021