Meatballs In Green Sauce - {Granatine Con Salsa Verde}

Recipe Ingredients

5		Day-old bread
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground beef
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Fresh sausage - out of its skin
4		Garlic cloves - thinly sliced
1		Basil leaves - cut into chiffonade
2		Eggs
1/2 cup	118ml	Pecorino
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Extra-virgin olive oil - divided
6		Anchovies - filleted and rinsed
3 tablespoons	45ml	Capers
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Chopped Italian parsley
1		Mint - leaves only
2 tablespoons	30ml	White vinegar

Recipe Instructions

Soak the bread in water for 5 minutes, remove from the water and press out the liquid by hand. Place the soaked bread in a large bowl, add the beef and the sausage and mix by hand to combine. Add the garlic, basil, eggs and pecorino and mix well to combine. Make golf ball-sized balls out of the meat mixture and set aside.

In a large, heavy-bottomed skillet, heat 1 cup of the oil until smoking. Cook the meatballs in the oil until golden brown and cooked through, working in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding the pan. Remove the meatballs to a plate lined with paper towels and keep warm.

In the work bowl of a food processor, puree the remaining 1/2 cup oil, anchovies, capers, parsley, mint and white vinegar. Pour half of the sauce over the warm meatballs, and serve the other half on the side.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali - (Show # MB-2A34) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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