Sunday, August 22, 2010

La polpetta perfetta (Italian meatballs)

The first taste of this delightful italian polpette from the italian cuisine is enough to addict you to it for life! The most important ingredient in italian polpette is beef. Italian polpette makes a yummy main dish. You will fall head over heels in love with this easy and delectable italian polpette recipe as soon as you try it!


 THAT IS ALL WHAT YOU WILL NEED EXCEPT FOR THE GRAPES!!!!!

























Ingredients:



What To do:
Mix all the ingredients  and form it into balls the size of large walnut.
refrigerate for 1 hour before cooking.
Brown the polpetta in a pan with 3 TS olive oil..and after it is nice and golden put it into the preheated oven for about 10 minutes.

Use the same pan where you cooked the polpetta for cooking some grapes , yes grapes :))) for about 2 minutes.

WELL IT IS TIME TO SERVE...BUT HOW??

 DIPS:

*as long as we are in August...and it is really hot in Italy...I used yogurt and mint dip
1½ cups plain yogurt (you can use low-fat)
1 cup  fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
3 to 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely minced
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
















* Tomato and Basil dip:
Ingredients:  
400g freash peeled chopped tomatoes
3 tbsp sun dried tomato paste (45g)
1/2 cup basil,chopped
Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and 150ml water and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the basil.salt and pepper...and serve.


 
                                                                                  







6 comments:

Angie's Recipes said...

The meatballs look very juicy and delicious! A great party food.

Kate said...

What an incredible idea! Have you ever pre-cooked them then warmed them back up? We have a huge holiday party for about 150 clients and friends every year and I'm always looking for recipes for that...

Unknown said...

@Angie....thank you.
@Kate...yeah ,look i think you can warm them up because the meatballs even if get sa bit dry it's fine!!! ther gonna be dipped anyway.

whatsfordinneracrossstatelines said...

Love seeing you fry your meatballs, we have always made them that way, I think they taste better than baked. I love the yogurt and mint dip idea!
-Gina-

Unknown said...

@Gina...you have to give it a try too,,,the dip is really yummy.:)))
thank you .

Unknown said...

Looks great! Is that milk in the bowl???

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