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RE: Grandpa Gotta Cook—Italian Meatball and Rice Casserole
A few remarks.
If you need to thaw it fast, put it in cold water. Sounds counterintuitive but it works very well. Don't use hot water. It messes up your meat.
Meatballs:
Chop onions and garlic. Fry them in a pan - not too much.
Mix minced meat, garlic, onions, mustard and a little dough.
As an optional step you can let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes - your balls will be more stable.
Then you form your balls.
I suggest to fry them a little before putting them in the casserole.
Enjoy :)
Hey, @bluerobo.
Thanks for the few remarks. All very sound. I've heard about the hot water, so next time I'll try the cold.
As for the meatball recipe, sounds tasty, especially the mustard. When you say dough, is that just a little flour, water and salt or something?
I thought about frying them up a little before putting them into the casserole, but I was trying to make up time (and ended up doing the opposite), so there you go. Hard to cut corners when it comes to cooking and have results worth eating. :)
Sorry. Yes. Only Flour. Just sprinkle a little. Only a little. No water and definitely no salt.